Table 1: Enumeration of total heterotrophic bacteria in bottled drinking waters in different regions of Ethiopia between January 2008 and December 2015.

Regions Heterotrophic Plate Count (cfu/mL)
<1 1-100 101-300 301-500 501-1000 1001-480000 Total
AA 6 6 3 2 1 7 25
Oromia 99 20 9 8 4 33 173
Amhara 4 1 2 0 0 1 8
Tigray 4 0 1 2 1 3 11
DD 0 0 0 1 0 3 4
Somali 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 114 27 15 13 6 47 222

cfu–colony forming unit, AA–Addis Ababa, DD–Dire Dawa