Microbiological assessment of sachet water “pure water” from five regions in Ghana
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Sachet Water Quality in Obuasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana
1 Faculty of Public Health & Allied Sciences, Catholic University College of Ghana, P.O.Box 363, Fiapre – Sunyani. Ghana. *Email of the corresponding author: [email protected] Abstract The advent of sachet water has increasingly filled the gap in household water security. This study investigated the quality (microbial and physicochemical) of sachet water in Obuasi in the Ashanti Region. A simp...
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عنوان ژورنال: AAS Open Research
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2515-9321
DOI: 10.12688/aasopenres.12837.2