This hasn’t been a normal summer at Trout Lake in East Vancouver. On a hot day, “normal” usually means the beach at the lake’s south end in John Hendry Park is filled with kids entering the water, ...

Several rivers in Odisha's Mahanadi river system are heavily polluted with total coliform counts significantly exceeding permissible limits. Kathajodi river in Cuttack and Gangua nullah in Bhubaneswar ...

Total Coliform (TC) count in Periyar River, a major source of drinking water for the region, has gone up by several hundred folds in the past eight years, raising questions on drinking water safety, ...

Most coliform bacteria do not usually cause serious illness. But they are called 'indicator organisms' because they act like ...

MATTAPOISETT — The town's most popular harvesting area, Shining Tides, which surrounds the mouth of the Mattapoisett River, is closed to shellfishing after routine testing last month revealed high ...

The total coliform count, indicating faecal contamination, recorded at the sewage discharge point in Aluva was 70,000 MPN (most probable number) per 100 ml, according to the test results compiled by ...