Bacteriological study of drinking water in district Abbottabad

ABSTRACT

Seventy samples were collected from various sources of drinking water in Abbottabad Disrtict, to study the quality of such water. Out of all samples, faecal contamination was found in 57.2% of samples, while 18.6% of the samples were found sterile having less than 10 bacilli per 100 ml. It was noted that water from 76.2% spring, 100% streams, 44.0% taps and 50% shallow wells and faecal contamination. The common organism isolated were echerichia coli 57.2%, klebsiella 14.3% pseudomonas 1%, preoteus 1.4% and micrococci 1.4