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Bacteriological studies of drinking water in the Lakhimpur district, Assam, India [1]

To obtain an assessment of bacteriological quality of drinking water of the district of Lakhimpur, Assam as many as 168 drinking water samples were collected from different sources of the district and analysed. During analysis it was found that 58.2% samples have coliform MPN more than 10 and 40% have faecal contamination.

Publication Date: 
31/12/2007
Sabitri Saikia Kakati [2], H.P. Sarma [3]
Pollution Research [4]
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Water Pollution [5], North East [6], Water Quality [7], Drinking Water [8], Waterborne diseases [9], Hepatitis [10], India [11], Assam [12], Lakhimpur (D) [13]
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