Table 1.
Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA with Dunn’s post-hoc tests on log10 reduction values through various wastewater treatment processes for bacterial and viral indicator organisms and pathogens obtained from published literature
| FC (38) | E. coli (32) | Enterococci (36) | SOMPH (111) | F+PH (102) | BSPH (22) | Adenovirus (10) | Norovirus (28) | Inf. virus (26) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | < 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.007 | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | < 0.001 |
| E. coli | > 0.05 | 0.010 | 0.019 | 0.040 | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | < 0.001 | |
| Enterococci | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | 0.006 | ||
| SOMPH | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | |||
| F+PH | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | ||||
| BSPH | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | |||||
| Adenovirus | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | ||||||
| Norovirus | > 0.05 |
Values in parentheses represent number of observations used for ANOVA, statistically significant values are bolded. FC (fecal coliforms), SOMPH (somatic coliphages), F+PH (F+ coliphages), BSPH (Bacteroides spp. phages).