Drinking Water Quality Status and Contamination in Pakistan

Table 4

Physicochemical and biological parameters of drinking water quality of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; sampling locations	Total	Percentage of samples contaminated										References
		pH	EC	TDS	Turbidity	Hardness	Physicochemical; values	Total coliform	Fecal coliform	E. coli	Bacteriological values
Peshawar	74	—	—	—	—	—	Pb, Cd contamination	—	—	—	—	[23]
Khyber agency	50	—	—	—	—	—	Cd	—	—	—	—	[24]
New urban Peshawar	30	—	100	—	90	—	—	Present	Present	Present	—	[25]
Gilgit-Baltistan	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	Present	—	—	—	[26]