S/No

Sample Description

Mean Microbial count (cfu/g. or ml. of sample)

Heterotrophic

Fungal

Coliform

Hydrocarbon

count

count

count

degraders

1.

Surface (Soil, 0 - 15 cm)

8.30 × 10⁵

1.44 × 10⁴

<×10³

3.7 × 10⁴

2.

Subsurface (Soil, 0.5 m)

3.86 × 10⁴

2.13 × 10³

<×10³

1.0 × 10³

3.

Subsurface (Soil, 1.0 m)

5.87 × 10³

<×10³

<×10³

1 × 10³

4.

Subsurface (Soil, 1.5 - 3 m)

1 × 10³

<×10³

<×10³

1 × 10³

5.

Subsurface (aquifer mud)

4.80 × 10⁵

8.53 × 10³

<×10³

1.08 × 10⁴

6.

Subsurface (aquifer water)

4.78 × 10³

×10³

<×10³

1 × 10³