Community-based Tool for Water Quality Monitoring
The Hydrogen Sulphide Paper-strip Test: A Community-based Tool for Water Quality Monitoring
A low-cost alternative test for bacteria to reveal possible faecal contamination in drinking water which is simple and easy to interpret is the Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) paper-strip test. Hydrogen sulphide producing bacteria are associated with the presence of faecal contamination and may be used as indicator organisms for faecal contamination.
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PathoScreen
The PathoScreen test produced by the HACH Company in USA is commercially available and is based on the same scientific principles as the H2S paper-strip test. You can read more on this commercially available product through the link below.
A low-cost alternative test for bacteria to reveal possible faecal contamination in drinking water which is simple and easy to interpret is the Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) paper-strip test. Hydrogen sulphide producing bacteria are associated with the presence of faecal contamination and may be used as indicator organisms for faecal contamination.
Please click on the following link to be redirected to the toolkit: "Keeping your Drinking Water Safe, A Community Toolkit"
PathoScreen
The PathoScreen test produced by the HACH Company in USA is commercially available and is based on the same scientific principles as the H2S paper-strip test. You can read more on this commercially available product through the link below.
Relevant Literature
Some of the relevant literature that is currently available as resource tools can be viewed via the following links:
Some of the relevant literature that is currently available as resource tools can be viewed via the following links:
- A simple test for monitoring drinking water quality in the Pacific Islands.
- Experiences with Implementing the H2S method for Testing Bacterial Quality of Drinking Water in Remote Aboriginal Communities in Australia
- Suitability of the H2S Method for Testing Untreated and Chlorinated Water Supplies
- Hydrogen Sulphide Test Strips and the Detection of Groundwater Contamination by Septic Seepage
- H2S Paper Strip Method - A Bacteriological Test for Faecal Coliforms in Drinking Water and Various Temperatures
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