Submissions
Guidelines
Alambatin, AK., Germano, JC., Pagaspas, DL., Peñas, FM., Pun-an, A. & Galarpe, VRK. (2017). Drinking Water Quality of Selected Tap Water Samples in Cagayan de Oro (District II), Philippines. Journal of Sustainable Development Studies, 10 (1), 1-6. ISSN 2201-4268
Al Moosa, M., Ali Khan, M., Alalami, U. & Hussain, A. (2015). Microbiological Quality of Drinking Water from Water Vending Machines. International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, 6(9)
Austero, S., Bernardes, MC., Dael, RR., dela Cruz, K., Honkulada, AM., Jawadil, J., Stacy, L. & Uy, J. (2013). Safety of water in water-vending machines within a 500-meter radius of Vicente Gullas Memorial Hospital.Philippine Council for Research Health and Development. Available at http://www.herdin.ph/index.php?view=research&cid=62857
Chaidez, C., Rusin, P., Naranjo, J. & Gerba, C. (1999) Microbiological quality of water vending machines, International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 9:3, 197-206, DOI: 10.1080/09603129973164
Del Rosario EJ, Migo VP, Clemente EM, Cerbolles MTC, Tecson-Mendoza EM (2012). Purification and quality of drinking water: Issues and concerns. Transactions of the National Academy of Science and Technology PHL 34:
Department of Health. (2018). Food and Water Borne Diseases. Epidemiology Bureau Public Health Surveillance Division. Accessed on May 10, 2018. Available at https ://www.doh.gov.ph/sites/default/files/statistics/2018%20FWB%20Surveillance%20Report %20MW1-5.pdf
DOH (2007). Administrative Order No. 2007 - 0012 otherwise known as Philippine National Standards for Drinking Water (2007).
Edberg, S., Rice, E., Karlin, R., & Allen, M. (2000). Escherichia coli: the best biological drinking water indicator for public health protection. Journal of Applied Microbiology 2000, 88, 1068-1168
Flanagan, K.M. & McCauley, E. (2010). Experimental warming increases CO2 saturation in a shallow prairie pond. Aquatic Ecology 44: 749. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-010-9313-0
Hussein, R., Hassan, A., & Bakr, W. (2009). Assessment of the quality of water from some public coolers in Alexandria, Egypt. Journal of Egypt Public Health Association 84 ( 1 & 2),
Hutin Y, Luby S, Paquet C (2003). A large cholera outbreak in Kano City, Nigeria: The importance of hand washing with soap and the danger of street-vended water. Journal of Water and Health, 1:45–52.
Jasper, C., Le, T. & Bartram, J. (2012). Water and Sanitation in Schools: A Systematic Review of the Health and Educational Outcomes. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 9, 2772-2787; doi:10.3390/ijerph9082772
LeChevallier, M. (2003). Conditions favouring coliform and HPC bacteria growth in drinking-water and on water contact surfaces,” in Heterotrophic Plate Counts and Drinking-Water Safety, J. Bartram, J. Cotruvo, M. Exner, C. Fricker, A. Glasmacher, Eds. IWA Publishing, London, 2003, pp. 178-180.
Omer, E., Algamidi, A., Algamidi, I., Fadlelmula, A., & Aklsubaie, A. (2014). The hygienic-related microbiological quality of drinking water sources Al-Baha Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Journal of Health Specialties 2 (2)
Onichandran, (2014). Waterborne parasites: a current status from the Philippines. Parasites & Vectors 7:244.
Prasai, T., Lekhak, B., Joshi, D., & Baral, M. (2007). Microbiological analysis of drinking water in Kathmandu Valley. Scientific World, 5 (5)
Philippine National Standards for Drinking Water. 2007. Administrative Order No. 2007-012. Department of Health: Philippines. Available: http://www.lwua.gov.ph/tech_mattrs/water_standards.htm. Accessed March 17, 2017
MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF DRINKING WATER OF
KATHMANDU VALLEY
Sarkar, B., Bhaumik, K., Mukherjee, A & Sarkar, K.(2016). School Children Exposed to Arsenic Contaminated Drinking Water in the Backdrop of Widespread Under-Nutrition in West Bengal, Eastern-India. Epidemiology (Sunnyvale) 2016, 6:4
Tan, E., Arifullah, M., & Soon, J. (2016). Identification of Escherichia coli Strains from Water Vending Machines of Kelantan, Malaysia Using 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Analysis. Water Quality Exposure and Health 8(2). doi:10.1007/s12403-016-0194-x
Tonog, M. & Poblete, M. (2015). Drinking Water Quality Assessment in Selected Barangays in Laoang, Northern Samar, Philippines. International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, 6(1)
United States Environmental Protection Agency (2018). Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories. Washington, DC. March 2018. Document No. 822-F-18-001
World Health Organization (2011). Guidelines for drinking-water quality - 4th ed. ISBN: 9789241548151