A Large-Scale Study of Microbial and Physico-Chemical Quality of Selected Groundwaters and Surface Waters in the North West Province, South Africa Report to the Water Research Commission by CC Bezuidenhout and the North-West University Team WRC Report No. 1966/1/13 ISBN 978-1-4312-0400-7 APRIL 2013 Obtainable from Water Research Commission Private Bag X03 GEZINA, 0031
[email protected] or download from www.wrc.org.za This report contains a CD with raw data measurements. DISCLAIMER This report has been reviewed by the Water Research Commission (WRC) and approved for publication. Approval does not signify that the contents necessarily reflect the views and policies of the WRC, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use. © WATER RESEARCH COMMISSION ii North-West University Project team and their contributions Carlos Bezuidenhout Project Leader, Compiled this report and supervised Simone Ferreira, Lesego Molale, Deidre van Wyk (Co- supervised), Karen Jordaan, Werner Ressouw, Wesley van Oeffelen, Suranie Prinsloo (Co-supervised), Rasheed Adeleke Owen Rhode Supervise yeast work (ARC – Potchefstroom) Thami Sitebe Supervise the phage work Collins Ateba Supervise the phage work Rialet Pieterse Supervise the cytoxicity Rasheed Adeleke Enterovirus analysis Maureen Taylor Phage and enterovirus analysis (University of Pretoria) Simone Ferreira Groundwater physico-chemical and bacteriological analysis Lesego Molale Surface water physico-chemical and bacteriological analysis Deidre van Wyk Surface water physico-chemical and yeast analysis Keabetswe Mabote Phage analysis Werner Ressouw Phage analysis – Mooi River Karen Jordaan Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and high throughput sequencing analysis Wesley van Oeffelen (Avans multiplex PCR analysis of E.