TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Boiling as household water treatment in Cambodia: a longitudinal study of boiling practice and microbiological effectiveness
JO  - American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
A1  - Brown, Joseph
A1  - Sobsey, Mark D.
SP  - 394
EP  - 398
VL  - 87
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-9637
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0715
ID  - ref1
ER  -