Table 7.
Level of microbial contamination in chlorinated urban water sources.
Sample | Coliforms (Log Cfu/ml) | Escherichia coli (Log Cfu/ml) | Clostridium pafringens (Log Cfu/ml) | Staphylococcus aureus (Log Cfu/ml) |
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TAP5 | 200±4.9a | 0.0±0.0a | 0.0±0.0a | 475±30.67b |
TAP4 | 430±10.8a | 23±0.67c | 0.0±0.0a | 0.0±0.0a |
TAP3 | 710±23.6a | 13±1.9b | 0.0±0.0a | 0.0±0.0a |
TAP 1 | 0.0±0.0a | 0.0±0.0a | 775.0±59.5b | 125.7±8.09b |
TAP2 | 15000±45.3b | 0.0±0.0a | 12.5±1.71a | 75.0±4.69b |
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Mean | 3268 | 7.2 | 157.5 | 135.14 |
cv % | 19.5 | 16.7 | 10.7 | 6.4 |
(1) Values are means of two determinations ± standard deviations.
(2) Values with the same letters on the same column are not significantly different at 5 % level of significance.