. 2018 Oct 10;15(10):2211. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15102211

Table 1.

Location and description of sampling sites.

Site (Approximate Position on Map)	Coordinates	Description
		January 2018
1. Rio Frio, Maïssade	19.1703 N 72.1353 W	Small tadpoles and fishes were visible in this water. Water depth was 2–3 feet and the water was very turbid.
2. Rivière Guayamouc, Hinche	19.1494 N 72.0092 W	Trash piles and foraging pigs were present on the river banks. The water was extremely turbid.
3. Rivière de Thomonde, Thomonde	19.0082 N 71.9520 W	Many people washed clothes and bathed at this site. The water was turbid and sediment a unique silver gray color.
4. Rivière La Thème, Mirebalais	18.8356 N 72.1071 W	The water was turbid and served as irrigation for the sweet potato field nearby. Algae growth was present on the river banks. Trash bags and other plastics were floating on the sides of the river.
5a. Rivière Lascahobas, Lascahobas	18.8308 N 71.9451 W	The water was clear with a visible rocky bed. The sample was easily filtered. However, the river bank contained numerous plastic waste products.
		July 2017 (samples collected during this time were not replicated)
1. Rio Frio, Maïssade	19.1703 N 72.1353 W	People crossed their vehicles here, bathed, and washed clothes.
3. Rivière de Thomonde, Thomonde	19.0082 N 71.9520 W	The water was clear and this site was upriver of considerable activity, but was also used for bathing and washing clothes.
4. Rivière La Thème, Mirebalais	18.8356 N 72.1071 W	This site contained the most contaminated water comparatively. There was open defecation on the side of the river, trash piles, and many people washing clothes.
5b. Tributary of Rivière la Peigne, Lascahobas	18.8204 N 71.9464 W	Water from this site came from a groundwater spring through a water pipe out of the side of a mountain. Many people were bathing near the pipe, with clothes washing below the sampling point.
6. Rivière Artibonite, below the Lac de Péligre	18.9026 N 72.0604 W	Water was collected about a mile below the dam where it was released at the bottom of the reservoir.
7. Rivière Cabestor, Cabestor	18.8689 N 72.0011 W	Water from the Rivière Cabestor mixed with water from a small creek near the MFH birthing center. At this sampling point, vehicles crossed the river, and people bathed and washed clothes.