OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of microbiological contamination of water in different water filtration plants in Islamabad. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive cross-sectional study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Water Filtration Plants (WFP) in different sectors of Islamabad, from April to September 2012. METHODOLOGY Water samples were collected in sterilized bottles according to the standard w...

A pilot study was conducted to determine the feasibility of using the Limulus endotoxin assay to detect endotoxins in potable waters and from reclaimed advanced waste treatment (AWT) plant effluents. Water samples were tested using both Limulus lysates prepared in our laboratory and a commercial product, Difco Pyrotest. The Limulus assay procedure was easily adapted to the testing of water samp...

introduction many studies have shown epidemiological links between strains isolated in tap water, and those isolated from patients. molecular methods linked to pcr are more reliable and faster for identification of             non- tuberculous mycobacteria(ntm). in this study molecular methods were used for identification and typing of ntm. materials and methods five hundred ml of 85 water samp...

a new method for the separation and preconcentration of trace amounts of cadmium in food and water samples by magnetic solid phase extraction (mspe) with fe3o4 magnetic nanoparticles (fe3o4-mnps) and its determination by flame atomic absorption spectrometry has been developed. for this purpose, fe3o4-mnps were synthesized via chemical precipitation method. the extraction of cadmium ions from th...

this study propose a new analytical protocol for the determination of benzene, xylene, toluene and styrene in water samples using homogeneous liquid-liquid microextraction via flotation assistance (hllme-fa) technique followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (gc-ms). in this research, a special extraction cell was designed to facilitate collection of the low-density solvent extraction. ...