Fecal coli form bacteria were detected in storage
tanks water samples collected from University Town,
Tehkal Bala, New Arbab Colony, Academic Town,
Sadar Mall Road and Gulbahar. Fecal coliform positive
samples were further analyzed for detection of E. coli.
The results shown that storage tank water samples of
Tehkal Bala, New Arbab Colony and Academic Town
were E. coli positive.
In different regions of the world E. coli was also
isolated from drinking water sources. Similar studies
were carried out by Franciska et al. (2005) analyzed the
quality of drinking water from private water supplies in
Netherlands. Total 144 samples were collected for
bacteriological analysis. Their results show that 10.9%
samples were contaminated due to E. coli and
Enterococci presence.