Bacteriological quality of spring water in Bahrain

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jun 1990 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:The Environmentalist, volume 10, pages 135-139 (issn: 0251-1088, eissn: 1573-2991,

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Authors: Zakaria A. Khunji; O. Abdulrahman; null Musaiger; Hussain A. Mohana;

doi: 10.1007/bf02244390

Bacteriological quality of spring water in Bahrain

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The bacteriological quality of untreated spring waters in Bahrain were evaluated. Samples were collected from 12 natural springs and analysed for total plate count, total coliform, total faecal coliform, total faecal streptococci and occurrence ofShigella andSalmonella. The total bacterial counts ranged from 2.4×101 to 1.6×104 CFU mL−1 with an average of 2.8×103.

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Ministry of Health
Bahrain

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