AN ASSESSMENT OF BACTERIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SPRING WATER FROM SIKKIM, INDIA

• DOI: 10.31788/rjc.2023.1628116
• Publication Date: 2023-06-07T11:30:53Z
• Authors: A. Subba; S. Jha; M. Pandey; K. G. Dolma; Ajeya Jha
• Keywords: Pathogenic bacteria; Citrobacter; Klebsiella

The study’s aim is to assess drinking water quality in the springs of state Sikkim. Physico-chemical properties and pathogenic bacterial presence (including their drug resistance profile) have been studied across seasons. Important findings are (a) concentration iron manganese above permissible limit; (b) high contamination with bacteria exists. These Escherichia coli (22.4%) followed by Klebsiella spp. (20.6%), Citrobacter (7.5%) Shigella (7.1%). Isolated samples show that these common antibiotics.