Archana Bisht
, Rudrangshu Chatterjee, Amita G. Dimri, Dushyant Singh, Arti Mishra, Abhishek Chauhan and Tanu Jindal
1-Deaprtment of Microbiology, Shriram Institute for Industrial Research, 19, University Road, Delhi-11007
2-AIETSM and AIES, Amity University, Sector-125, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
3-AIMT, Amity University, Sector-125, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
akchauhan@amity.edu; archanabisht999@gmail.com
Received Date: April 19, 2020 / Accepted Date: June 24, 2020 / Published Date: June 29, 2020
Abstract:
The current study was conducted to assess the household drinking water supply of Noida, Delhi NCR in which microbiological parameters were considered. Noida is located in Delhi NCR region in India and is home for many industries and new construction projects. It is located in flood plains of Yamuna and Hindon River. For examination total 60 samples were collected from different sectors of Noida households. The study included total bacterial count, yeast and mould detection, amount of Coliform, presence of E.coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Samples showed TBC from <1 to 104 cfu/ml range. None of the samples were detected for yeast and mould presence. The frequency of E.coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus was found to be 23.33%, 36.66 and 13.33%. Out of 60 samples, 22 samples have Total Bacterial Count less than 1. Though the smaller number of bacterial pathogens was found but presence of significant amount in drinking water is harmful. These pathogens lead to gastrointestinal disease out of which diarrhea is most common. The data suggested that the water supply system is contaminated with faecal matter as the presence of coliforms was observed.
Keywords
Opportunistic Bacterial pathogens, Risk assessment, and Drinking water
How to cite this article:
Bisht, A., Chatterjee, R., Dimri, A.G., Singh, D. Mishra, A, Chauhan, A., Jindal T. (2020) Risk assessment of opportunistic bacterial pathogens in household drinking water Science Archives, Vol. 1 (1), 42-49
Crossref DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.47587/SA.2020.1105
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This is an open-access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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