A Review of Roof Harvested Rainwater in Australia

Table 5

Prevalence of organisms in rainwater collected in key Australian cities.

Location	Organisms	Occurrence (%)	Count (CFU/100 mL)	Reference
Adelaide, South Australia	Legionella spp.	17	840,000	[61]
	E. coli	42	250
	Salmonella spp.	8
	Enterococci	67	450
	Aeromonas	33	1700
Brisbane, Queensland	E. coli	36	260	[61]
	E. coli		2,420	[62]
	C. perfringens	100	55	[63]
	Enterococci	70	19
Broken Hill, New South Wales	Legionella spp.	70	73,000	[61]
	Enterococci	70	37
	C. perfringens	70	16
	Aeromonas	10	22
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory	E. coli	50	9,200	[61]
	Enterococci	100	32,000
	Campylobacter spp.	10	43
	Legionella spp.	10	20,000
Newcastle, New South Wales	Pseudomonas spp.	60	15,200	[64]
	E. coli		17	[65]
Southern Queensland, Queensland	E. coli	63	89	[66]
	Campylobacter spp.	60	50
	Enterococci	92	91
	Salmonella spp.	4	700
	Giardia lamblia	30	580
Sydney, New South Wales	Enterococci	100	199	[61]
	E. coli	100	3,900
	C. perfringens	33	16
Wollongong, New South Wales	E. coli	100	100	[61]
	Enterococci	92	30,000
	C. perfringens	42	27
	Aeromonas	33

No data available.