Table 2 |
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Water Microbiological test results in four periods before and during the Olympics |
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Microbiological test results |
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Premises |
Samples |
January – December 2003 |
January – May 2004 |
June – July 2004 |
Olympic Games |
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Total |
Positive (%) |
Total |
Positive (%) |
Total |
Positive (%) |
Total |
Positive (%) |
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Water supply systems* |
1657 |
256 |
30 (11.7) |
491 |
81 (16.4) |
610 |
78 (12.7) |
300 |
38 (12.6) |
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Water supply systems† |
2142 |
292 |
32 (10.9) |
767 |
101 (13.1) |
870 |
178 (20.4) |
213 |
36 (16.9) |
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Swimming pools |
560 |
123 |
16 (13.0) |
66 |
6 (9.0) |
170 |
31 (18.2) |
201 |
21 (10.4) |
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Cooling towers |
204 |
81 |
37 (45.6) |
15 |
0 (0.0) |
64 |
22 (34.0) |
44 |
7 (15.9) |
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Decorative fountains |
151 |
78 |
0 (0.0) |
32 |
2 (2.5) |
36 |
0 (0.0) |
5 |
0 (0.0) |
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Bottled water plants |
252 |
98 |
0 (0.0) |
105 |
0 (0.0) |
34 |
0 (0.0) |
15 |
0 (0.0) |
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Seacoast |
58 |
11 |
2 (18.1) |
27 |
0 (0.0) |
16 |
0 (0.0) |
4 |
0 (0.0) |
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Total |
5024 |
939 |
117 (12.4) |
1503 |
190 (12.6) |
1800 |
309 (17.1) |
782 |
102 (13.0) |
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*Samples tested for the presence of coliform bacteria, Escherichia coli, intestinal enterococci, Clostiridium perfringens (including spores). † Samples tested for Legionella spp. |
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Hadjichristodoulou et al. BMC Public Health 2006 6:306 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-306 |
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