Open AccessDRINKING WATER
Author(s) -
Abubakar Imran,
Tariq Manzoor,
Muhammad Ibrahim,
Wasif Munaf
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2016.23.03.1485
Subject(s) - sanitation , medicine , water source , water supply , fecal coliform , tube well , observational study , environmental health , feces , toxicology , hygiene , veterinary medicine , environmental science , water resource management , environmental engineering , water quality , groundwater , ecology , geotechnical engineering , pathology , biology , engineering
World Health Organization, (WHO) estimates that more than 80%of poor health conditions in developing countries, is related to water and sanitation condition.The supply water and sanitary lines often overlap in our water supply system and watercontaminated by fecal contents and become a major cause of GIT infections and outbreaksin human populations. Objective: The Objective of the study was to determine the fecalcontamination level in tube well water across the distributing supply lines. Study Design: Thestudy design was observational. Settings: Fatima Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine andDentistry Shadman Lahore. Period: February 01, 2012 to May 29, 2012. Method: The studydid not engage any ethical issues and conducted in five specific regions of Lahore. A 100 mlof water sample was collected in sterile container, from the tube well and after every 100 meterdistance till 500 meters. The sample size was 250 from 45 tube wells and their distributingsupply lines. It was then observed for fecal coliforms using prescribed scientific methods.Result: The results indicated that bacterial growth at baseline was 42.2%, and at extremity was73.3%. The A Category water obtained at baseline is 60.0% and at the extreme level it is 26.7%.So by increasing distance from source of water the risk of fecal contamination and low qualityof drinking water increases. Conclusion: It is concluded that as the distance increased fromthe main source