Table 4 Bivariate comparisons of faecal contamination concentrations in source and household stored water containers across different source types.

From: Water supply and sanitation services in small towns in rural–urban transition zones: The case of Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality, Uganda

  

All sources

Improved sources

Other sources

Improved source on-premises

Other sources

Piped on-premises

Other sources

Source water samples

Median CFU E. coli/100 mL

0

0

25

0

0

0

2

Independent samples Mann–Whitney U test

–

N = 89

U = 273

P < 0.001

N = 89

U = 595

P = 0.140

N = 89

U = 507

P = 0.029

Household stored water samples

Median CFU E. coli/100 mL

2

1

10

3

2

2

2

Independent samples Mann–Whitney U test

–

N = 97

U = 477

P = 0.012

N = 97

U = 810

P = 0.892

N = 97

U = 805

P = 0.949

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