INDORE: Groundwater samples collected from Bhagirathpura, where contaminated drinking water mixed with sewage claimed lives and hospitalised hundreds, have tested positive for faecal coliform, ...
Bhopal: Lab tests of some water samples collected from the area, affected by contamination, in Indore in Madhya Pradesh have found presence of harmful bacteria faecal coliform, a senior officer said ...
Colilert-18/Quanti-Tray detects E. coli and total coliforms in water within 18 hours. It was launched in 1996 for the drinking water market in Europe and the firm ...
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Nepal, July 15 -- It is that time of year again when monsoon rains, flooding and landslides contaminate drinking water ...
ABOUT 95% of water points samples collected recently in Bulawayo tested negative to faecal coliforms with 78% meeting all safety standards for key parameters, including high coliform count, non-faecal ...
Kathmandu, July 12 -- Monsoon rains and flooding have contaminated drinking water sources across much of the country, ...
CHENNAI: The city corporation has now revised the fines for illegal sewage connections to the city’s storm water drains, which eventually make their way into the major waterbodies. However, it remains ...
India's environmental authorities have raised concerns over dangerously high levels of faecal bacteria in the Ganges river at Prayagraj, particularly during the Maha Kumbh Mela – a major religious ...
Porvorim: Water samples around the casinos anchored in Mandovi were tested by the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) at five locations over the years, and the water has shown presence of faecal ...
Faecal contamination has exceeded the maximum permissible limits along the Pathalam bund stretch of the Periyar River in Ernakulam. The total coliform count recorded near the bund was 2600 MPN (most ...