Waterborne parasites: a current status from the Philippines

Onichandran, Subashini; Kumar, Thulasi; Salibay, Cristina C; Dungca, Julieta Z; Tabo, Hazel AL; Tabo, Norbel; Tan, Tian-Chye; Lim, Yvonne AL; Sawangjaroen, Nongyao; Phiriyasamith, Sucheep; Andiappan, Hemah; Ithoi, Init; Lau, Yee-Ling; Nissapatorn, Veeranoot

doi:10.1186/1756-3305-7-244

Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Average physico-chemical characteristics of samples from assessed stations

From: Waterborne parasites: a current status from the Philippines

Samples	Temperature (°C)	pH	Conductivity (μS/cm)	Dissolved oxygen (mg/L)	Salinity (ppt)	Total dissolved solid (mg/L)	Turbidity (NTU)	Rainfall volume (mm/month)	Nitrate (mg/L)	Nitrite (mg/L)	Ammonia (mg/L)	Chlorine (mg/L)	Fluoride (mg/L)
Recreational water
River 1	28.8	6.67	0.372	0.46^*	0.17	0.242	10.1	292	0.05	0.057	0.56^*	0.24	0
River 2	28.8	6.88	0.237	0.20^*	0.11	0.154	13.6	227	0.97	0.197	0.73^*	0.18	0.05
River 3	26.3	7.13	0.378	1.63^*	0.18	0.245	6.9	249	0.49	0.937	0.73^*	0.08	0.20
River 4	28.3	7.11	0.896	0.58^*	0.44	0.582	10.0	239	0.06	0.086	0.73^*	0.21	0.33
Swimming pool 1	28.8	6.98	0.622	0.78^*	0.30	0.404	0.9	227	0.07	0	0.09^*	2.20	0
Swimming pool 2	26.1	6.88	1.148	0.24^*	0.57	0.746	0.5	227	0.08	0.018	0.10^*	1.14	1.88^*
Swimming pool 3	29.0	6.82	0.913	0.22^*	0.45	0.594	0.5	249	0.55	0.012	0.08^*	0.02	0.49
Pond 1	31.1^*	6.89	0.139	0.45^*	0.06	0.091	16.2	292	0.05	0.08	0.15^*	0.77	0
Pond 2	29.0	6.86	0.334	0.12^*	0.45	0.214	19.1	249	0.19	0.275	0.73^*	1.25	0.64
Natural lake	28.9	7.33	1.380	2.19^*	0.69	0.898	4.8	252	0.001	0.0052	0.078^*	0.008	0.098
Rain tank	24.4	6.79	0.062	0.11^*	1.40	0.040	3.1	249	0.07	0.01	0.10^*	0.06	0.68
Drinking water
Tap 1	27.70	6.98	0.384	0.55^*	0.18	0.249	0.51	NA	0.01	0.001	0.52^*	0.04	0
Tap 2	28.73	6.99	0.123	0.60^*	0.06	0.080	1.80	NA	0.03	0	0.09^*	0.31	0.14
Tap 3	27.80	7.15	0.345	0.57^*	0.18	0.223	0.19	NA	0.02	0.011	0	0.27	0
Dispenser 1	22.91^*	6.84	0.121	0.28^*	0.08	0.076	2.80	NA	0.02	0.011	0.09^*	0.46	0
Dispenser 2	26.50	7.28	0.341	3.04^*	0.16	0.221	0.25	NA	0.01	0	0	0.23	0
Spring	26.10	7.11	0.216	0.58^*	0.44	0.582	9.99	240	0.10	0	0.10^*	0	0.26
Tap tank	26.60	7.14	0.122	1.03^*	0.06	0.079	2.66	NA	0.10	0.011	0.10^*	0.22	0.07
Well	29.70	7.30	0.635	3.18^*	0.31	0.413	0.72	252	0.09	0.05	0.09^*	0	0.05
Mineral	26.70	7.11	0.504	0.45^*	0.24	0.328	0.08	NA	0.08	0	0.08^*	0	0

NA = Not Applicable.
^* = against the DENR regulation.

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