Studies on the hygienic quality of water supply used in Kuwait

In addition, the Egyptian standard states that the water used for’ consumption should not contain more coliforml/100 mi of water.Tables 1 and 2 show that 17~64~~ of the house unterscmp Le s and 42.45% farB. wnter samples contained coliformcounts above these permissible limits. Therfore • it seemsthat such water is not hygienically fir for consumptionor for an.imaf, pr oductii.on , i~Ior00ver. all those contaminedsamples contained E. coli type I. a finding which indicatesrecent fecal pollution eW.R.O. 1958).Furthermore, the tresul ts showed that car-tankerswas hygienically fit for consumption and animal production.as no organis~ could be detected in ~n~ of tho samplesexawined.Tables 7 & ~ ~howed a closo inter-relation ship’be tr.een the colifol’Dl group counts, E. coli type I andthe bacterial count at 37°C I.C. the higher the bectorial