title: The microbiologic quality of drinking water in North Carolina migrant labor camps.
abstract: A two-year study of the microbiological quality of drinking water in 27 randomly selected North Carolina migrant labor camps yielded total and fecal coliform prevalences of 44 percent and 26 percent, respectively in 1988 and similar but higher prevalences in 1989. Preoccupancy testing by county sanitarians had found virtually no total coliform contamination. These findings suggest that a potential source of contamination existed and that current testing protocols which rely on preoccupancy testing may be inadequate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology and Laboratory Practice, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ciesielski
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Handzel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sobsey
mesh_terms: D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006798:Housing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina; D015995:Prevalence; D012499:Sanitation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014881:Water Supply / Q000592:standards*