Tracking enteric pathogen contamination from on-site sanitation facilities to groundwater in selected rural areas of Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo Province, South Africa.

Jeridah Matlhokha Sekgobela, Colette Mmapenya Khabo-Mmekoa, Maggy Ndombo Benteke Momba

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Jeridah Matlhokha SekgobelaTshwane University of Technology, Department of Environmental, Water and Earth Sciences, Arcadia Campus, P/B X 680, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa.

Colette Mmapenya Khabo-MmekoaTshwane University of Technology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Arcadia Campus, P/B X 680, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa.

Maggy Ndombo Benteke MombaTshwane University of Technology, Department of Environmental, Water and Earth Sciences, Arcadia Campus, P/B X 680, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Groundwater is valued as a source of potable water, although it is vulnerable to environmental pollution. The aim of this study was to track enteric pathogen contamination from on-site sanitation (OSS) facilities to 70 household boreholes used by four villages of the Vhembe District Municipality. Two objectives were pursued: to measure the lateral distance between the borehole and the sanitation facilities in household yards, and to track the enteric pathogens. The borehole abstraction point and OSS system distance were determined using a steel measuring tape. Real-time PCR was used to track

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ContaminationGroundwaterHousehold boreholesOn-site sanitationPathogens

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PMID38486784

DOI10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27271

PMCPMC10937690

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