Drinking Water Quality Status and Contamination in Pakistan

Table 6

Physicochemical and biological parameters of drinking water quality of Sindh.

Sindh; sampling locations	Total	Percentage of samples contaminated										References
		pH	EC	TDS	Turbidity	Hardness	Physicochemical values	Total coliform	Fecal coliform	E. coli	Bacteriological values
Khairpur, Sindh	68	—	50	20.5	—	13.11	—	—	—	—	—	[30]
Orangi Town, Karachi	46	—	—	100	—	—	39	Present	Present	Present	80.43	[31]
Sindh	35	—	—	50	—	21.88	—	—	—	—	—	[32]
Sindh	46	—	—	—	100	—	—	Present	Present	—	—	[33]
Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi	12	—	—	8.3	—	—	—	Present	Present	Present	41.66	[34]