WEDC Technical Brief No. 18: Water testing
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posted on 2025-02-10, 09:57 authored by Len HuttonThe objective of bacteriological testing of water is to detect and determine the concentration of faecal bacteria in water supplies in order to:
a) check that the supply is free from pathogenic (disease-causing) organisms and therefore safe to drink,
b) assess faecal pollution of supplies.
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- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
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- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
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The Worth of Water Technical Briefs on Health, Water and SanitationPages
73 - 76Publisher
Practical Action PublishingVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
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© Practical Action PublishingPublisher statement
All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission of Practical Action Publishing.Publication date
1991-01-01ISBN
9781853390692eISSN
9781780443935Publisher version
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- en
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John PickfordIllustrator(s)
Rod ShawDepositor
Mr Matthieu Leger, impersonating Mr Len Hutton. Deposit date: 3 February 2025Usage metrics
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