TABLE 5.
Fecal coliform and fecal streptococcus populations from the three most contaminated sites of Page Brook watershed
| Sampling period, mo/yr (no. of samples) | Avg no. of colonies/100 ml
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PB12
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PB16
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| Fecal coliforms | Fecal streptococci | Fecal coliforms | Fecal streptococci | Fecal coliforms | Fecal streptococci | |
| 11/96–4/97 (6) | 160 | 17 | 80 | 20 | 40 | 11 |
| 5/97–7/97 (3) | 190 | 88 | 6,015 | 428 | 185 | 5 |
| 8/97–10/97 (3) | 3,103 | 260 | 42,400 | 565 | 2,347 | 435 |
| 11/97–4/98 (6) | 211 | 56 | 497 | 44 | 53 | 21 |
| 5/98–7/98 (3) | 306 | 356 | 1,043 | 391 | 488 | 464 |
| 8/98–10/98 (3) | 347 | 381 | 1,596 | 582 | 934 | 583 |
| 11/98–2/99 (4) | 15 | 10 | 2,002 | 436 | 807 | 148 |