Bacteriological Assessment of Bottled Drinking Water Available at Major Transit Places in Mangalore City of South India

Table 1

Characteristics of the packaged drinking water bottles.

Characteristics	Number	Percentage
Manufacturers
Local companies	8	33.3
National companies	6	25.0
Multinational companies	10	41.7
Period of manufacture ()
Current month	14	66.7
Previous month	7	33.3
Period of expiry ()
Within the next 6 months	13	61.9
Beyond 6 months	8	38.1
Site of collection
Bus stand	20	83.3
Railway station	4	16.7
Total	24	100.0