The effect of cloth filters on contaminated drinking water

ABSTRACT

The effect of cloth filters on removing faecal coliforms from contaminated water was determined in Yangon by isolating faecal coliform using the multiple tube method. Three different sources of drinking water (tap, shallow well and pound) sample were subjected to filtration using one layer, two layers and asoap and water wasned single layer cloth filters. The commonly used cloth filters for filtering drinking water in Myanmar homes were not effective in removing faecal coliforms from contaminated drinking water.