Quality of Drinking Water from Springs in Palestine: West Bank as a Case Study

Table 4

Microbiological characteristics of drinking water from licensed spring water in the West Bank compared with standard permission limits of the PSI and WHO.

Characteristics	Unit	Range of measured value	Percentage above acceptable limit	Permission limits according to
				PSI	WHO
Total coliforms	CFU/100 mL	0–27	4	0–3	0
Faecal coliforms	CFU/100 mL	0–14	3	0	0