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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 5.
Published in final edited form as: Energy Ecol Environ. 2016 Feb 14;1(3):157–182. doi: 10.1007/s40974-016-0006-y

Table 6.

Mean (SEM±σx¯) recovery of E. coli and total organic carbon in overland flow

VFS Grass species Percentage soil cover (%) Recovery in overland flow % of initial E. coli concentration in cowpat before overland flow experiment
E. coli OC
I Couch 96.5  31 ± 6.2    34 ± 4.2
Buffer 97.3  30 ± 1.4    38 ± 1.9
II Kikuyu 97.5 7.4 ± 1.3   8.1 ± 8.1
Napier 96.4 6.8 ± 3.6   9.8 ± 1.7
III Kikuyu 97.5 8.2 ± 1.2 10.3 ± 6.3
Napier 96.4 5.2 ± 7.0   7.3 ± 2.4