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Gro for Good Groundwater MicrobialRisk, 2015-2017, Kwale County, Kenya (NERC grant NE/M008894/1)

Results of microbial water quality conducted in Kwale County, Kenya from 2015 to 2017 by University of Oxford and Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya as part of the Gro for GooD project (https://upgro.org/consortium/gro-for-good/). Water samples from 101 locations (including 31 open wells, 27 deep boreholes, 21 shallow boreholes with handpumps, 15 covered dug wells with handpumps, and 10 surface water sites. This data set contains results for microbial risk parameters including Escherichia coli, thermotolerant coliforms (TTCs) and tryptophan-like fluorescence (TLF). Most samples also have accompanying data on pH, conductivity, water temperature and turbidity. Duplicate and replicate samples are included and indicated by 'Dup' or 'Rep'. Duplicates samples were collected from the same water points within minutes of each other and laboratory replicates were different aliquots from a single sample. Risk classifications of E. coli and TTC data are based on the World Health Organisation's microbial water quality risk grading scheme. Manufacturer recommended sampling protocols were used. The sampled water points were in regular use and boreholes were flushed with either an electric pump or hand-pumping prior to sample collection. Samples from the open wells were drawn with buckets and rope, which were designated for each site and were rinsed prior to sampling to minimise secondary contamination. Daily field and laboratory blank samples were analysed to confirm no secondary contamination or cross-contamination between sites. For the tryptophan-like fluorescence (TLF) measurement, approximately three litres of unfiltered water were pumped or poured into a stainless-steel container (kept in a black box to prevent ambient light from interfering). The container was cleaned with ethanol and triple-rinsed with sample water prior to each measurement. Measurement was conducted for approximately 3 minutes and the median result was used. The probe and its sensor window were kept clean. Air bubble formation on the sensor window was avoided. For the bacteria sampling, sterile purpose-made bags were used for sample collection and immediately stored in a cooler box with ice-packs. They were transported and processed to begin incubation within two to five hours. Gro for GooD: Groundwater Risk Management for Growth and Development

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Date (Creation)
2018-06-05
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607339
Principal investigator
  University of Oxford - Dr R A Hope ( School of Geography and the Environment )
Oxford , OX1 3QY ,
Point of contact
  University of Oxford - Nancy Gladstone ( Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment )
Oxford , OX1 3QY ,
Originator
  Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Núria Ferrer
Originator
  Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Albert Folch
Originator
  Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Xavier Sánchez-Vila
Originator
  University of Oxford - Saskia Nowicki
Distributor
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
Point of contact
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Bacteria
  • Water
  • NGDC Deposited Data
  • Groundwater
dataCentre
  • NGDC Deposited Data
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
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The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
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The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
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Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
KE

Date (Revision)
2009

Geographic identifier
KEN

Date (Revision)
2009

Geographic identifier
KENYA [id=687000]

Date (Creation)
1979

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Begin date
2015-09-01
End date
2017-03-31
Unique resource identifier
Arc 1960 / UTM zone 37S (EPSG::21037)
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  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
OnLine resource
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item110749
OnLine resource
http://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/853667/
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Date (Publication)
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
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No

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
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No
Statement
E.coli was assessed by (1) compartmental bag tests (CBTs) (Aquagenx - North Carolina, USA) and (2) membrane filtration with m-ColiBlue24 broth (Hach - Colorado, USA). TTCs were assessed using membrane filtration with laurel sulphate broth (DelAgua - Surrey, UK). TLF was assessed in-situ using a portable LED UV-based UviLux fluorimeter (Chelsea Technologies Group - Surrey, UK). TLF data was corrected for probe sensitivity using calibration equations determined with laboratory grade L-tryptophan standards (Acros Organics, USA) at 30°C. pH, conductivity and water temperature were measured using combo meter (Hanna Instruments HI-98129 or HI-98130) or professional series YSI multi-meter. Turbidity was measured with a microprocessor-based turbidity meter (ELE International - range 0 to 1000 NTU). Meter calibrations were confirmed bi-weekly during sampling campaigns.
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6efcaf67-996f-6c28-e054-002128a47908 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2025-11-13
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom
+44 115 936 3100
Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607339
 
 

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