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Title: | A community-based rainwater monitoring and treatment programme in Grahamstown, South Africa. |
Authors: | Roman, Tandlich Nosiphiwe P Ngqwala CatherineD. Luyt |
Keywords: | —the hydrogen-sulphide test ki community-based programme |
Issue Date: | 26-Oct-2016 |
Series/Report no.: | SIHE 2013;Novembre2013 |
Abstract: | Abstract —South Africa is a water scarce country and its potable water supple suffers from problems such as pipe breaks and interruption of supply. This forces a large part of the populationuse rainwater for domestic consumption. In this climate, the current paper investigated the design of information tools about the source of rainwater contamination and theuse of the modified hydrogen-sulphide test kit to detect the faecal contamination of rainwater. An information pamphlet was designed on the contamination sources of rainwater and the modified test kit was successfully used by the NGO volunteers to detect faecal contamination.Themodified hydrogen-sulphide test kit and a combination of the E. coli enumerations correctly identified microbial water quality problems. These were then remedied using a collaboration between the authors and the community volunteers. The rate of correspondence between the m-TECE. coli enumerationand the hydrogen-sulphide test kit was71 %. |
Description: | Séminaire International sur l'Hydrogéologie et l'Environnement |
URI: | http://dspace.univ-ouargla.dz/jspui/handle/123456789/11720 |
Appears in Collections: | 4. Faculté des Hydrocarbures, des Energies Renouvelables, des Sciences de la Terre et de l’Univers |
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