Rural Drinking Water Quality Status in Central Development Region, Nepal: A Comparative Study of Spring water and Ground water
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Status of drinking water contamination in Mountain Region, Nepal.
Status of drinking water contamination was studied in three mountainous districts in Nepal. A total of 43 water samples (Sankhuwasabha: 11, Rasuwa: 12 and Dolpa: 20) were tested for the presence of total coliform (TC) and Escherichia coli as fecal coliform bacilli using commercially available test system called Colilert (Japan). Of the total, 85.7% (36/43) were positive for TC whereas 67.4% (29...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2392-4101,1998-5452
DOI: 10.3126/hn.v9i0.7074