Research Article
Comprehensive Risk Assessment of Health-Related Hazardous Events in the Drinking Water Supply System from Source to Tap in Gaza Strip, Palestine
Table 2
Chlorine residual, electrical conductivity, and nitrate measurements.
| | Chlorine residual (mg/liter) | Electrical conductivity (μS/cm) | Nitrate NO3− (mg/L) |
| Local standard | PWA | 0.2–1 | PWA | 250 | PWA | 70 |
| International standard | WHO | 0.2–1 | WHO | 250 | WHO | 50 |
| DWSS | Mean ± SD | Min | Max | Samples met the standard (%) | Mean ± SD | Min | Max | Samples met the standard (%) | Mean ± SD | Min | Max | Samples met the standard (%) |
| Catchment (n = 109) | 0.19 ± 0.3 | 0 | 0.9 | 31.2 | 2165.1 ± 969.8 | 750 | 5000 | 0 | 180.4 ± 108.9 | 35 | 445 | 12.8 |
| Treatment plant (n = 109) | 0.09 ± 0.2 | 0 | 0.9 | 18.3 | 223.1 ± 162.6 | 60 | 1010 | 71.5 | 18.8 ± 12.9 | 1.32 | 60 | 100 |
| Tanker truck (n = 197) | 0.03 ± 0.1 | 0 | 0.9 | 14.7 | 226.4 ± 187.6 | 50 | 1200 | 70.7 | 19.9 ± 12.9 | 1.32 | 64 | 100 |
| Desalinated water at household (n = 384) | 0.01 ± 0.06 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 235.4 ± 186.4 | 50 | 1300 | 41.9 | 21.9 ± 13.3 | 4.91 | 68 | 100 |
| Municipal water at household (n = 384) | 0.19 ± 0.3 | 0 | 0.9 | 30.2 | 2000.3 ± 908.5 | 750 | 5000 | 0 | 202.6 ± 11.02 | 43 | 456 | 8.8 |
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