Table 3 The microbial population of groundwater samples in September 2021.

From: Integrated management of groundwater quantity, physicochemical properties, and microbial quality in West Nile delta using a new MATLAB code and geographic information system mapping

Water sample

Odor

Aspect

Log10 CFU mg L−1

BGA

TBC

TC

FC

E. coli

FS

22 °C/48 h

37 °C/24 h

WD2

Odorless

Clear

5.3 ± 0.4b

4.2 ± 0.2b

–

–

–

–

–

WD10

Odorless

Clear

5.0 ± 0.2b

3.9 ± 0.1b

–

–

–

–

–

WD12

Odorless

Clear

4.8 ± 0.9c

3.5 ± 0.3bc

–

–

–

–

–

WD14

Odorless

Clear

7.5 ± 0.5a

6.7 ± 0.5a

–

–

–

–

–

WD17

Odorless

Clear

4.6 ± 0.1c

3.3 ± 0.4c

–

–

–

–

–

  1. Data presented are means ± SD. Means within columns followed by different letters are significantly P ≤ 0.05 different from each other according to LSD test.
  2. TBC total bacterial count, TC total coliforms, FC fecal coliforms, FS fecal streptococci, BGA blue-green algae,—not detected.
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