Table 1: pH value of sample mineral waters and microbial load in different media.

Sample No. Sample
Name
pH Growth on Nutrient Agar
(CFU/ml)
Growth on Mac-Conkey Agar
(CFU/ml)
Growth on Membrane
Faecal Coliform Agar
(CFU/ml)
Growth on Xylose Lysine Deoxycholate Agar (CFU/ml)
August 2015 January 2016 August 2015 January 2016 August 2015 January 2016 August 2015 January 2016
1 MWa1 6.9 6.00 ×102 5.00 ×102 NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
2 MWf2 6.7 6.40 ×102 6.00 ×102 NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
3 MWm3 7.4 1.0 ×10 1.5 ×10 NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
4 MWp4 7.4 8.00 ×102 7.50 ×102 NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
5 MWb5 7.1 1.50 ×102 2.00 ×102 NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
6 MWs6 6.8 2.0 ×10 3.0 ×10 NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
7 MWv7 6.8 1.5 ×10 2.5 ×10 NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
8 MWac8 7.0 1.05 ×102 1.5 0×102 NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
9 MWe9 6.9 3.0 ×10 4.0 ×10 NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
10 MWj10 6.9 5.50 ×102 4.50 ×102 NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL