A Case for Adoption of Industry-Wide Application of Solar Disinfection of Packaged Drinking Water Before Distribution in Nigeria

The study makes a case for adoption of an industry-wide application solar disinfection (SODIS) in the packaged water at production stage. To do this, 60 samples, comprising 12 brands bottled and 18 sachet-packaged were randomly purchased from street vendors Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria investigated. One sample was hidden sunlight while other exposed to day before two samples subjected microbial analysis determination total coliform (TC) using method multiple-tube fermentation technique (MPN). Results show that 63% vended Nsukka is not fit consumption. risk contamination about 44% higher sachet when compared with (relative = 1.44). Exposing reduces consuming contaminated by 97% reduction value 0.97). Advocacy SODIS may hold key ending widespread resulting life-threatening illnesses have decimated population developing countries.