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Table 5 Water quality at health care facilities according to WHO risk criteria [40]

From: WASH infrastructure and practices in primary health care clinics in the rural Vhembe District municipality in South Africa

Indicator

Taps

Number of taps tested

Safe

[0 cfu/100 ml]

Low risk

[1–10 cfu/100 ml]

Intermediate risk

[10 -100 cfu/100 ml]

High risk

[> 100 cfu/100 ml]

Total coliform

Inside taps

48

14 (29%)

16 (33%)

8 (17%)

10 (21%)

Outside taps

50

6 (12%)

12 (24%)

15 (30%)

17 (34%)

E. coli

Inside taps

48

40 (83%)

6 (13%)

2 (4%)

0

Outside taps

50

34 (68%)

13 (26%)

3 (6%)

0