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. 2018 Mar 1;13:10. doi: 10.1186/s12995-018-0191-z

Table 2.

Measurement findings per category of plant and system

Number of measurements (shifts) Number of measurements with peaks
(percentage of measurements)
[average number of peaks in measurements with peaks]
Median time in minutes for the peaks above level
(min-max)
Highest measured peak level in ppm
> 10 ppm 5 ppm–10 ppm 1 ppm–5 ppm 0.1 ppm–1 ppm Zero peaks 0.1 ppm 5 ppm
Big plants 31 0 1
(3%)
[2.0]
4
(13%)
[2.5]
20
(65%)
[5.2]
11
(35%)
5.5
(1–40)
2
(2)
10
Pump stations and small plants 25 3
(12%)
[4.0]
5
(20%)
[5.6]
16
(64%)
[7.6]
20
(80%)
[8.9]
5
(20%)
11
(3–90)
3
(1–25)
30
Sewer network 12 1
(8%)
[1.0]
0 1
(8%)
[1.0]
4
(33%)
[3.0]
8
(67%)
15
(1–40)
5
(5)
20
Collecting sewage from cesspools 25 4
(16%)
[3.8]
8
(32%)
[2.3]
12
(48%)
[4.0]
18
(72%)
[6.8]
7
(28%)
7
(1–80)
5
(1–11)
260