A survey of microbial pollution of rural domestic water supply in Ghana
| Autor: | Joseph Addo Ampofo |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Pollution
Hydrology education.field_of_study business.industry Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Population Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Environmental engineering Water supply Environmental pollution General Medicine Human waste Fecal coliform Environmental science Microbial pollution Livestock business education media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Health Research. 7:121-130 |
| ISSN: | 1369-1619 0960-3123 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09603129773913 |
| Popis: | A short term, baseline study was undertaken to determine the occurrence and levels of microbial pollution in three major rivers in Ghana- the Birim river, Kakum river and the Nakwa river. Routine bacteriological examinations were made to determine the levels of total coliforms (TC), faecal coliforms (FC) and faecal streptococci (FS). Results obtained showed that TC, FC and FS counts were high in all the three rivers thus making them unsafe to drink untreated water from those sources. Eight of the 10 stations sampled on the Birim river had their source of pollution from human waste while two stations had a livestock source of pollution. Maximum levels of 4448 TC/100 ml, 1848 FC/100 ml and 214 FS/100 ml were obtained in the Birim river. Two of the seven stations sampled on the Kakum river had their source of pollution from human waste with one station having a predominance of human waste in a mixed source of pollution. Two stations had their source of pollution from livestock and poultry and another two pre... |
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