2012
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1348-4
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Abstract: The Buffalo River and its dams are major surface water sources used for fresh produce irrigation, raw water abstraction and recreation in parts of the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. Over a 12-month period (August 2010 to July 2011), we assessed the bacteriological qualities of water from the river and 3 source water dams along its course. Faecal indicator bacteria (FIB), including total coliform (TC), faecal coliform (FC) and enterococci (ENT) counts, were high and ranged as follows: 1.9 × 102–3.8 × 10… Show more

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“…Contamination of surface water with pathogenic organisms in wastewater could result in the transmission of waterborne diseases for people who use the water resource for domestic and other purposes downstream [59,60]. About 25% of all deaths worldwide are the result of infectious diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms [61].…”
Section: Health Impactsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Contamination of surface water with pathogenic organisms in wastewater could result in the transmission of waterborne diseases for people who use the water resource for domestic and other purposes downstream [59,60]. About 25% of all deaths worldwide are the result of infectious diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms [61].…”
Section: Health Impactsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In almost all the cases stated above, the use of contaminated water as a source of domestic water was implicated to be the major cause of the epidemics. Several studies have shown that wastewater effluents still contain high amount of fecal coliforms which do not conform, to the 1000 cfu/100 mL in the DWA guideline for wastewater discharge [6,31,38,39,58,59,65].…”
Section: Health Impactsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Water from such sources is often consumed without any form of treatment [12,19,21]. However, these alternative sources of drinking water are often vulnerable to point and non-point sources of pollution and are contaminated frequently by fecal matter [5,19,25]. A report by the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research clearly showed that almost 2.11 million people in South Africa lack access to any safe water infrastructure.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recoverable literature from the South African landscape suggests that research focusing on microorganisms in water sources has mainly been centred on them as indicators of faecal pollution and as pathogens (Nevondo and Cloete 1999;Okoh et al 2007;Chigor et al 2013;Nontongana et al 2014). This has left a fundamental knowledge gap concerning the effects of water pollution/ pollutants on the prevalence, diversity, community structure and ecological functions of autochthonous microbial communities in the context of the South African aquatic milieu.…”
Section: Microbial Communitiesmentioning
confidence: 99%