Microbiological dataset of rural drinking water supplies in Zahedan, Iran

Abstract

The residual chlorine and microbial quality of drinking water in the Zahedan villages by a number of 1221 samples from all 168 villages were collected between 2014-2015. Then the samples were evaluated using 9-tube fermentation methods and portable chlorine method test. Based on the microbial coliform and fecal coliform indices, the data indicated that the maximum and minimum controlling of the bacteria in the distribution network were in the winter (90.62) and autumn (85.56), respectively. Also in the reservoirs, the maximum and minimum controlling of the bacteria were in winter (93.49) and autumn (87.35), respectively. The residual chlorine was prepared in almost all of seasons. Crown Copyright (C) 2018 Published by Elsevier Inc.