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. 1989 Apr;41(2):138-40.

Contamination of drinking water during collection and storage

A M Han  1 , K N Oo, Y Midorikawa, S Shwe
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  • PMID: 2527428

Contamination of drinking water during collection and storage

A M Han et al. Trop Geogr Med. 1989 Apr.

Abstract

Drinking water contamination during abstraction, storage and use was determined in a suburban community in Rangoon, Burma, by detecting faecal coliforms (FC) with membrane filtration method. Increasing contamination during water collection, from the source to home storage, was found in all the studied households using 4 different types of drinking water. The implications of the findings are discussed.

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