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Table 3 Microbiological contamination of water samples of monitoring wells and nearest existing tubewell

From: Safe distances between groundwater-based water wells and pit latrines at different hydrogeological conditions in the Ganges Atrai floodplains of Bangladesh

Well no.

Depth of well (m)

Distance of pit (m)

FC/100 ml

Wet season

FS/100 ml

FC/100 ml

Midterm

FS/100 ml

FC/100 ml

Dry season

FS/100 ml

Manda

 M-1

18.0

2.0

8

2

10

77

0

0

 M-2

18.0

4.5

2

0

4

0

0

0

 M-3

18.0

7.0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 M-4

18.0

9.0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 M-5

21.0

2.0

5

1

2

0

3

6

 M-6

18.0

2.0

17

6

12

0

0

1

 M-7

40.5

2.0

0

0

0

2

4

2

 M-8

40.5

4.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

 N

18.0

9.0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Mohanpur

 M-1

31.0

2.0

0

2

0

0

8

10

 M-2

47.0

2.0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 M-3

31.0

4.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

 M-4

31.0

7.0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 N

39.6

15.0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bagmara

 M-1

27.5

2.0

2

68

2

2

1

0

 M-2

27.5

2.0

4

3

1

0

0

0

 M-3

27.5

2.0

1

2

0

1

1

1

 M-4

42.5

2.0

0

0

1

60

11

0

 M-5

42.5

4.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

 M-6

27.5

4.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

 M-7

27.5

7.0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 M-8

27.5

9.0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 N

27.5

8.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

  1. N nearest existing tubewells, M monitoring well, FC faecal coliforms, FS faecal streptococci