Quality of water for human consumption in Brazil: Integrative literature review

• Autor(a) principal: Linassi Bárta, Renata
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Gozalez da Silva, José Antônio, Regina Daronco, Carla, Pretto, Carolina, Stumm, Eniva Miladi Fernandes, de Fátima Colet, Christiane
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Vigilância Sanitária em Debate
• Texto Completo: https://visaemdebate.incqs.fiocruz.br/index.php/visaemdebate/article/view/1822
• topic: Abastecimento de Água; Qualidade da Água; Vigilância em Saúde Pública; Water Supply; Water Quality; Public Health Surveillance

Introduction: Access to water in sufcient quantity and quality, compatible with the potability standard established in the legislation, is a fundamental human right. The lack of universal access, as well as basic sanitation, generates social and economic impacts. Objective: To identify in the scientifc literature what has been shown about the qualityof water intended for human consumption, distributed collectively in Brazil. Method: Integrative literature review carried out with 28 studies selected from the Virtual Health Library (VHL) and Portal of Journals of the Coordination for the Improvement ofHigher Education Personnel (CAPES) from August to September 2019. Results presented descriptively and in the form of tables and fgures. Results: Two categories were obtained: 1. Environmental factors that interfere in the water quality – nonconformitiesas to what was recommended were related to anthropic actions in the environment; 2. Water quality regarding to potability standard and surveillance – there were similarities between microbiological parameters, fluoridation, turbidity. Conclusions: Few studies have been found on surveillance of the water quality intended for human consumption, especially with an approach to action in Brazilian states and municipalities and these reflect difculties in complying with some parameters recommended by the legislation regarding water quality.