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ArticleJournal of water and health2025

Drinking water quality surveillance in Bhutan: trend and compliance (2017-2024).

Pema Chophel, Amin Ngawang Tashi, Rinzin Wangdi, Chimmi Dorji

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Article in Journal of water and health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Pema ChophelRoyal Centers for Disease Control, Royal Government of Bhutan, Thimphu 11001, Bhutan E-mail: pchophel@health.gov.bt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6900-6417
Amin Ngawang TashiRoyal Centers for Disease Control, Royal Government of Bhutan, Thimphu 11001, Bhutan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7109-7351
Rinzin WangdiRoyal Centers for Disease Control, Royal Government of Bhutan, Thimphu 11001, Bhutan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9927-6185
Chimmi DorjiRoyal Centers for Disease Control, Royal Government of Bhutan, Thimphu 11001, Bhutan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9556-3931

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clean and safe drinking water is essential for public health. Despite substantial infrastructure investments, ensuring water safety remains a challenge in Bhutan. The objective of the study is to provide a nationwide assessment of drinking water quality from 2017 to 2024, covering 20 dzongkhags samples from 31 urban (

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Drinking WaterEnvironmental MonitoringWater QualityBhutanGuideline AdherenceHumansWater MicrobiologyWater SupplyDrinking WaterBhutandrinking water quality surveillancemicrobial contaminationrural and urban water

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PMID41026136

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