Journal of Biological Sciences1727-30481812-5719Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/jbs.2001.287.288HussainImtiaz Siddique Awan Tassadique Hussain Zeb Sarwar 4200114The people of Azad Kashmir in general and mountain dwellers in particular
drink water from fresh springs. The objective of the present study was
to assess the suitability of spring water for drinking purposes for which
the samples were collected from different springs and analyzed for the
bacterial presence by multiple tube and colony count method. The study
reveals that springs are also contaminated with microorganisms. The presence
of Conforms, E. Coli, Streplococus, Laclobacillus and Shigella
in the most of the samples did not confirm the suitability of water
for drinking purposes.]]>Hyes, C.R.,198915221233Schalze, K.,1990145135143Shukla, S.C., B.O. Tripathi, R. Kant, D. Kumari and V.S. Panday, 198931218227Zemla, B.,19881119