Author:Abia, ALK; Ubomba-Jaswa, Eunice; Momba, MNBDate:Dec 2015Many South Africans living in resource-poor settings with little or no access to pipe-borne water still rely on rivers as alternative water sources for drinking and other purposes. The poor microbial quality of such water bodies calls for ...Read more
Author:Le Rouw, Wouter J; Schaefer, Lisa M; Genthe, BettinaDate:Oct 2012A quantitative microbial risk assessment of water in the upper Olifants River catchment showed that sections of the catchment are highly contaminated with faecal indicator bacteria and pathogenic micro-organisms and that the polluted waters ...Read more