Abdelrahman, Ibrahim E.  <br/><br/>
Bacteriological and physicochemical assessment of drinking water collected from the private selling sites of urban areas of Khamis Mushait City-KSA  [electronic resource] 
 التقییم البكتیریولوجي والفیزیوكیمیائي لمیاه الشرب المجمعة من مواقع البیع الخاصة في المناطق الحضریة بمدینة خمیس مشیط - المملكة العربیة السعودیة 

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<br/><br/> This study was conducted in the urban area of Khamis Mushait City, Aseer Region, and Saudi Arabia. A<br/>total of 50 samples of drinking water were collected from private selling sites of unbolted water in the urban area of<br/>Khamis Mushait city. Physicochemical parameters such as pH, total dissolved solids (TDS), and electrical conductivity<br/>(EC) of water samples were measured using standard methods to assess the quality of drinking water. The pH values of<br/>water samples ranged from 6.56±0.1 to 8.5±0.49, TSD changed from 104.7±0.28 to 202.4±1.7 mg/liter and EC from<br/>163.6±0.45 to 316.3±2.61 ?S/cm. The previous results indicated that all physicochemical parameters are within the<br/>permissible limits of WHO (2011) for drinking water quality. The bacteriological examination of water samples<br/>included the most probable number (MPN/100 ml) of coliforms, E.coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The results<br/>showed that E. coli bacterium was not detected in all samples, while total coliform group was found in 7 samples out of<br/>50 samples analyzed (14%) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa was found in 24 samples out of a total of 50 samples (48%).<br/>Furthermore, this study has revealed that about 54% of the water samples collected from private selling sites is<br/>incompatible to the World Health Organization (WHO) standards for drinking water quality.<br/> 
<br/><br/><br/>Summary in Arabic 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Drinking water--Analysis	--Saudi Arabia<br/>Drinking water--Microbiology--Saudi Arabia.