A 2006 Survey of Drinking Water Microbial Quality in Rural Areas in IRAN (Limitations, Challenges, and Opportunities)

In the first quarter of the year 2007, the number of rural laboratories had grown from 90 units in the year 2003 to 166 units, showing a 87.93% growth while the quality parameters in the years 2004 and 2006 increased from 90.13 to 91.43% for residual chlorine and from 84.37 to 93.07% for lack of E.coli. Considering turbidity as the most important criterion, the indicator for acceptability of turbidity in terms of health (Turbidit