New Delhi: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), which collected samples of tap water from 12 houses in Janakpuri, has found the presence of total and fecal coliform bacteria in six houses and E. coli in two homes.
“… in six samples, total coliform and E. coli were not detected. In three samples, total coliform was detected but with values close to the lowest detection limit, and E. coli was not detected. In two samples, total coliform was detected but E. coli was not detected in one and detected in the other, but the E. coli value was close to the lowest detection limit, and in one sample, both total coliform and E. coli were detected above detection limits,” CPCB said in its report. The central agency has told National Green Tribunal that the samples of the Delhi Jal Board supplied water were collected on July 20.
