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The microbiologic quality of drinking water in North Carolina migrant labor camps.

Author(s) -

S Ciesielski,

Thomas Handzel,

Mark D. Sobsey

Publication year - 1991

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.81.6.762

Subject(s) - environmental health , fecal coliform , water quality , south carolina , contamination , medicine , geography , biology , ecology , public administration , political science

A two-year study of the microbiological quality of drinking water in 27 randomly selected North Carolina migrant labor camps yielded total and fecal coliform prevalences of 44 percent and 26 percent, respectively in 1988 and similar but higher prevalences in 1989. Preoccupancy testing by county sanitarians had found virtually no total coliform contamination. These findings suggest that a potential source of contamination existed and that current testing protocols which rely on preoccupancy testing may be inadequate.

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