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. 2022 Feb 22;12:798442. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.798442

TABLE 1.

Physicochemical and microbiological parameters measured at different treatment units for drinking water.

Samples Temperature (°C) pH Turbidity (NTU) DO (mg/L) ATP (10–8 mol/L) HPC (CFU/ml) TOC (mg/L) CODMn (mg/L) TN (mg/L)
A 28.50 ± 0.26 7.63 ± 0.02 69.43 ± 2.29 6.31 ± 0.12 9.05 ± 0.02 3.11 × 104 <0.5 1.49 ± 0.31 0.05 ± 0.01
B 27.10 ± 0 7.66 ± 0.02 69.47 ± 1.54 5.89 ± 0.22 4.11 ± 0.43 2.51 × 104 <0.5 1.20 ± 0.12 0.04 ± 0.00
C 27.23 ± 0.06 7.88 ± 0.02 2.62 ± 0.12 6.99 ± 0.06 3.05 ± 0.01 2.50 × 103 <0.5 0.70 ± 0.02 <0.02
E 27.53 ± 0.06 8.16 ± 0.01 2.62 ± 0.12 6.31 ± 0.09 1.84 ± 0.31 2.80 × 103 <0.5 0.32 ± 0.01 <0.02
F 27.53 ± 0.06 8.07 ± 0.04 0.41 ± 0.05 6.89 ± 0.02 0.19 ± 0.06 0 <0.5 0.23 ± 0.02 <0.02
G 27.90 ± 0.04 7.93 ± 0.02 0.42 ± 0.02 6.46 ± 0.08 0.19 ± 0.06 10 <0.5 0.31 ± 0.03 <0.02

A, raw water; B, flocculation tank effluent; C, sedimentation tank effluent; E, sand filter effluent; F, chlorine-disinfected water; G, tap water.