Table 2.
Number (and percentage) of POU stored drinking water samples in each E. coli contamination category, cross-tabulated against contamination risk factors associated with animal contact.
| Risk factors | Number (%) of POU samples classed as |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low contamination (<10 CFU/100 mL) |
Medium contamination (10–99 CFU/100 mL) |
High contamination (≥ 100 CFU/100 mL) |
||
| E. coli | E. coli | E. coli | ||
|
Animals observed in household compound: | ||||
| Goats | 52 (31.9%) | 58 (35.6%) | 53 (32.5%) | 163 |
| Cattle | 100 (40.2%) | 87 (34.9%) | 62 (24.9%) | 249 |
| Dogs | 86 (38.4%) | 72 (32.1%) | 66 (29.5%) | 224 |
| Cats | 88 (41.3%) | 66 (31.0%) | 59 (27.7%) | 213 |
| Poultry | 166 (39.5%) | 146 (34.8%) | 108 (25.7%) | 420 |
| Poultry (confined in coop) | 130 (37.6%) | 119 (34.4%) | 97 (28.0%) | 346 |
| Poultry spend night by stored water | 83 (34.2%) | 89 (36.6%) | 71 (29.2%) | 243 |
| Signs of livestock inside home |
142 (38.7%) |
126 (34.3%) |
99 (27.0%) |
367 |
|
Water storage container: | ||||
| Water container accessible to animals |
108 (35.4%) |
102 (33.4%) |
95 (31.2%) |
305 |
| All samples | 184 (39.7%) | 157 (33.9%) | 122 (26.4%) | 463 |