Bacteriological quality of drinking water in Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 175, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 37-43

  Abdelrahman, Amira Ahmed ^a   Eltahir, Yassir Mohammed ^b  

^a State Ministry of Health   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Coliform bacteria; E. coli; Water microbiology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; BACTERIOLOGICAL QUALITY; DRINKING WATER; DUG WELL; E. COLI; ENTERIC BACTERIA; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLES; KLEBSIELLA; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER METHODS; STORAGE CONTAINER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER RESERVOIR; WATER SAMPLES; WATER SOURCE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POTABLE WATER; PUMPS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WELLS;

WATER POLLUTION;

DRINKING WATER;

BACTERIOLOGY; DRINKING WATER; FECAL COLIFORM; SANITATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CITROBACTER; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; KLEBSIELLA; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUDAN; SUMMER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WINTER;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; SUDAN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

DARFUR; SUDAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; TRAGELAPHUS ANGASII;

EID: 79952452919     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1491-7     Document Type: Article

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