Table 5 Different tank/vessel material and the corresponding values of water quality indicators as per the studies

Al-Bahrya et al. (2013)

TC (cfu/ml)

6

11.5

11

THPC (cfu/ml)

7

7.5

11

Akuffo et al. (2013)

TC (cfu/100ml)-mean

2.31

2.18

FC (cfu/100ml)-mean

65.2

49.2

pH-mean

7.59

7.6

EC (µS/cm)-mean

102

109

TDS-mean

66.8

65.1

Turbidity (NTU)-mean

4.83

7.58

Schafer and Mihelcic (2012)

TC (mpn)-mean

146

147

295

E. coli (mpn)-mean

33

26

14

pH-mean

6.82

7.05

6.93

EC (µS/cm)-mean

0.173

0.193

0.185

TDS-mean

0.1

0.1

0.1

Turbidity (NTU)-mean

4.8

6.2

4

Duru et al. (2013)

TC (cfu/ml)

300

800

200

FC (cfu/ml)

200

500

100

THB (cfu/ml)

13,000

14,000

12,000

pH-mean

6.25

6.09

6.25

EC (µS/cm) – mean

0.002

0.003

0.002

TDS-mean

0.003

0.005

0.003

Turbidity (NTU)-mean

1.96

1.98

1.96

Mohanan et al. (2017)

THPC (cfu/ml)

269

300

395

pH-mean

13

10

9.8

EC (µS/cm)-mean

122.5

125.7

126.9

TDS-mean

40

60

70

Ogbozige et al. (2018)

THB (cfu/100ml)-mean

6700

93

pH-mean

7.10

7.25

EC (µS/cm)-mean

403.53

386.76