Microbiological indicators of water quality in the Xochimilco canals, Mexico City Indicadores microbiológicos de la calidad del agua de los canales de Xochimilco de la Ciudad de México

OBJECTIVE: To quantify microbiology indicators of fecal contamination in the effluents of two waste water treatment plants and in samples collected in several canals in Xochimilco. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross sectional study was performed. Ten sites, 5 from plant effluents and 5 from canals, were...

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Main Authors: Luis Alfredo Juárez-Figueroa, Jesús Silva-Sánchez, Felipe Javier Uribe-Salas, Enrique Cifuentes-García
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 2003-10-01
Series:Salud Pública de México
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-36342003000500009