Table 4.8b Action
and Limit Levels for E. coli at
Monitoring Stations other than WSD Flushing Water Intakes, Gradient Stations
and Control Stations (Case 2 and 4)
Parameter (unit) |
Monitoring locations |
Water Depth |
Action Level (cfu/100ml) |
Limit Level (cfu/100ml) |
E. coli (cfu/100ml) |
B10 |
Geometric mean |
31 |
35 |
B11 |
195 |
215 |
||
B12 |
146 |
150 |
||
B13 |
223 |
223 |
||
B14 |
13 |
15 |
||
B24 |
5 |
6 |
||
B25 |
3 |
3 |
||
B26 |
58 |
62 |
||
B7 |
448 |
482 |
||
B8 |
101 |
105 |
||
B9 |
333 |
370 |
||
F1 |
9 |
9 |
||
F5 |
258 |
298 |
Notes:
-
For E. coli,
non-compliance of water quality limits occurs when monitoring result is higher
than the limit levels.
-
For
conservative assessment, 1 cfu/100ml was adopted as
the lowest level in the calculation if the tested result was below reporting
limit (<1).