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

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Recommended treatment procedure [<a href="/journals/jeph/2019/8631732/#B3" target="_blank">3</a>]</td><td class="align_center">Range of total coliforms (CFU/100 mL)</td><td class="align_center">Degree of contamination</td><td class="align_center">Contaminated samples (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">No treatment required</td><td class="align_center">0–3</td><td class="align_center">0</td><td class="align_center">2</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Chlorination only</td><td class="align_center">4–50</td><td class="align_center">1</td><td class="align_center">2</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Flocculation, sedimentation, and then chlorination</td><td class="align_center">51–50,000</td><td class="align_center">2</td><td class="align_center">0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Very high contamination, need special treatment</td><td class="align_center">&lt;50,000</td><td class="align_center">3</td><td class="align_center">0</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Distribution of the tested cistern samples for total coliforms according to their level of contamination and required treatment procedure.</div>

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Table 5: Quality of Drinking Water from Springs in Palestine: West Bank as a Case Study 