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Dear water expertsi live on indonesia with much human population.and hot temperaturemy family well home now is small cloudy on surface. after neighbor...
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Water bacteria problem #114717
Asked February 15, 2013, 11:18 AM EST
Dear water experts
i live on indonesia with much human population.and hot temperature
my family well home now is small cloudy on surface. after neighbor make latrine/toilet.
i have go to local lab.but nothing satisfy result.just advise me to give chlorine and tawas powder
but cloudy on surface still exist.
curious about it.
so i culture fresh water on cup. i boiled agar and boiled agar with sugar.
after 1 day "it" is spread quickly.
both agar and boiled agar cup
it is looklike jellyfish with 8 dot
I don"t know what it is it,Bacteria,virus or something? and what species
There is some picture on agar plate,for evaluation
(sorry about poor english)
need advise and sugestion
Thank you
ary
i live on indonesia with much human population.and hot temperature
my family well home now is small cloudy on surface. after neighbor make latrine/toilet.
i have go to local lab.but nothing satisfy result.just advise me to give chlorine and tawas powder
but cloudy on surface still exist.
curious about it.
so i culture fresh water on cup. i boiled agar and boiled agar with sugar.
after 1 day "it" is spread quickly.
both agar and boiled agar cup
it is looklike jellyfish with 8 dot
I don"t know what it is it,Bacteria,virus or something? and what species
There is some picture on agar plate,for evaluation
(sorry about poor english)
need advise and sugestion
Thank you
ary
County Outside United States
Expert Response
We cannot identify what is causing the cloudiness of the water or if it is due to bacteria. Analytical laboratories follow very strict sterile procedures when testing drinking water and it is very difficult to duplicate the methods at home. Please contact a local health department or laboratory and ask them to analyze your water sample - they will instruct you as to how to collect the sample to assure you are not cross - contaminating the sample as you collect it. Good luck!
