Microbiological Quality and Contamination Level of Water Sources in Isiolo County in Kenya

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab8"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:3.21em"/><col style="width:11.64em"/><col style="width:11.60em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"><b>Year</b></td><td class="align_center"><b><i>Escherichia coli </i>(Cfu/ml)</b></td><td class="align_center"><b>Total coliforms (Cfu/ml)</b></td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><b>2011</b></td><td class="align_center">262.4±36.38bd</td><td class="align_center">1180±18.16e</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><b>2012</b></td><td class="align_center">179.1±69.67bd</td><td class="align_center">1287.6±64.79efg</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><b>2013</b></td><td class="align_center">807.5±24.9e</td><td class="align_center">1525.4±41.40eg</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><b>2014</b></td><td class="align_center">665.5±45.6e</td><td class="align_center">1227.5±66.91ef</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><b>2015</b></td><td class="align_center">179.4±36.01bd</td><td class="align_center">340.2±59.91bd</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><b>2016</b></td><td class="align_center">285.1±28.68bd</td><td class="align_center">613.6±12.16bd</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>(1) Values are means of &gt; 10 determinations ± standard deviations.<br/>(2) Values with the same letters on the same column are not significantly different at 5% level of significance.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Level of <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>coliform</i>s contamination in raw Isiolo river water.</div>

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Table 8: Microbiological Quality and Contamination Level of Water Sources in Isiolo County in Kenya 