@article{ref1,
title="Boiling as household water treatment in Cambodia: a longitudinal study of boiling practice and microbiological effectiveness",
journal="American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene",
year="2012",
author="Brown, Joseph and Sobsey, Mark D.",
volume="87",
number="3",
pages="394-398",
abstract="This paper focuses on the consistency of use and microbiological effectiveness of boiling as it is practiced in rural Cambodia. We followed 60 randomly selected households in Kandal Province over 6 months to collect longitudinal data on water boiling practices and effectiveness in reducing Escherichia coli in household drinking water. Despite > 90% of households reporting that they used boiling as a means of drinking water treatment, an average of only 31% of households had boiled water on hand at follow-up visits, suggesting that actual use may be lower than self-reported use. We collected 369 matched untreated and boiled water samples. Mean reduction of E. coli was 98.5%; 162 samples (44%) of boiled samples were free of E. coli (< 1 colony-forming unit [cfu]/100 mL), and 270 samples (73%) had < 10 cfu/100 mL. Storing boiled water in a covered container was associated with safer product water than storage in an uncovered container.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-9637",
doi="10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0715",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0715"
}