Quality Assessment of Some Springs in the Awing Community, Northwest Cameroon, and Their Health Implications

Table 4

Results of bacteriological analysis (most probable number of faecal coliforms).

Volume of samples in each bottle	50 mL		10 mL		1 mL		Most probable
Sample							Mean count		Category
	Dec	May	Dec	May	Dec	May	Dec	May	Dec	May
AC	1	1	4	3	4	2	49	14	C	C
ME	1	1	4	4	3	2	42	20	C	C
AL	1	1	3	4	5	1	40	17	C	C
WHO limits	0						0		A

A = excellent; B = low risk, acceptable; C = high risk, unacceptable; D = grossly polluted.