Quality of water sources used as drinking water in a Brazilian peri-urban area
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Resumo: | The objective of this paper was to assess bacteriological quality of drinking water in a peri-urban area located in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, Brazil. A total of 89 water samples were collected from community plastic tanks and 177 water samples from wells were collected bimonthly, from September 2007 to November 2008, for evaluating bacteriological parameters including: Escherichia coli, Enterococcus and heterotrophic plate count (HPC). Clostridium perfringens was investigated in a subsample (40 samples from community plastic tank and 40 from wells). E. coli was present in 5 (5.6%) samples from community plastic tanks (2.0 - 5.1x10(4) MPN/100mL) and in 70 (39.5%) well samples (2.0 - 8.6x10(4) MPN/100mL). Thus, these samples were not in accordance with the Brazilian Regulation. Enterococcus was detected in 20 (22.5%) samples of the community plastic tanks (1 to 79 NC/100mL) and in 142 (80.2%) well samples (1 to >200 NC/100mL). C. perfringens was detected in 5 (12.5%) community plastic tanks samples and in 35 (87.5%) wells samples (2.2 to >16 MPN/100mL). HPC were above 500 CFU/mL in 5 (5.6%) waters from community plastic tanks. In wells samples, the HPC ranged from <1 to 1.6x10(4) CFU/mL. The residual chlorine did not attend the standard established in the drinking water legislation (0.2 mg/L), except in 20 (22.5%) samples. These results confirm the vulnerability of the water supply systems in this peri-urban area what is clearly a public health concern. |
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Quality of water sources used as drinking water in a Brazilian peri-urban areaClostridium perfringensEscherichia coliEnterococcusperi-urban areadrinking waterThe objective of this paper was to assess bacteriological quality of drinking water in a peri-urban area located in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, Brazil. A total of 89 water samples were collected from community plastic tanks and 177 water samples from wells were collected bimonthly, from September 2007 to November 2008, for evaluating bacteriological parameters including: Escherichia coli, Enterococcus and heterotrophic plate count (HPC). Clostridium perfringens was investigated in a subsample (40 samples from community plastic tank and 40 from wells). E. coli was present in 5 (5.6%) samples from community plastic tanks (2.0 - 5.1x10(4) MPN/100mL) and in 70 (39.5%) well samples (2.0 - 8.6x10(4) MPN/100mL). Thus, these samples were not in accordance with the Brazilian Regulation. Enterococcus was detected in 20 (22.5%) samples of the community plastic tanks (1 to 79 NC/100mL) and in 142 (80.2%) well samples (1 to >200 NC/100mL). C. perfringens was detected in 5 (12.5%) community plastic tanks samples and in 35 (87.5%) wells samples (2.2 to >16 MPN/100mL). HPC were above 500 CFU/mL in 5 (5.6%) waters from community plastic tanks. In wells samples, the HPC ranged from <1 to 1.6x10(4) CFU/mL. The residual chlorine did not attend the standard established in the drinking water legislation (0.2 mg/L), except in 20 (22.5%) samples. These results confirm the vulnerability of the water supply systems in this peri-urban area what is clearly a public health concern.Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia2011-06-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822011000200021Brazilian Journal of Microbiology v.42 n.2 2011reponame:Brazilian Journal of Microbiologyinstname:Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia (SBM)instacron:SBM10.1590/S1517-83822011000200021info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessRazzolini,Maria Tereza PepeGünther,Wanda Maria RissoPeternella,Francisca Alzira dos SantosMartone-Rocha,SolangeBastos,Veridiana KarmannSantos,Thaís Filomena da SilvaCardoso,Maria Regina Alveseng2011-06-06T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1517-83822011000200021Revistahttps://www.scielo.br/j/bjm/ONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpbjm@sbmicrobiologia.org.br||mbmartin@usp.br1678-44051517-8382opendoar:2011-06-06T00:00Brazilian Journal of Microbiology - Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia (SBM)false |
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Quality of water sources used as drinking water in a Brazilian peri-urban area |
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Quality of water sources used as drinking water in a Brazilian peri-urban area |
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Quality of water sources used as drinking water in a Brazilian peri-urban area Razzolini,Maria Tereza Pepe Clostridium perfringens Escherichia coli Enterococcus peri-urban area drinking water |
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Quality of water sources used as drinking water in a Brazilian peri-urban area |
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Quality of water sources used as drinking water in a Brazilian peri-urban area |
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Quality of water sources used as drinking water in a Brazilian peri-urban area |
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Quality of water sources used as drinking water in a Brazilian peri-urban area |
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Quality of water sources used as drinking water in a Brazilian peri-urban area |
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Razzolini,Maria Tereza Pepe |
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Razzolini,Maria Tereza Pepe Günther,Wanda Maria Risso Peternella,Francisca Alzira dos Santos Martone-Rocha,Solange Bastos,Veridiana Karmann Santos,Thaís Filomena da Silva Cardoso,Maria Regina Alves |
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author |
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Günther,Wanda Maria Risso Peternella,Francisca Alzira dos Santos Martone-Rocha,Solange Bastos,Veridiana Karmann Santos,Thaís Filomena da Silva Cardoso,Maria Regina Alves |
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Razzolini,Maria Tereza Pepe Günther,Wanda Maria Risso Peternella,Francisca Alzira dos Santos Martone-Rocha,Solange Bastos,Veridiana Karmann Santos,Thaís Filomena da Silva Cardoso,Maria Regina Alves |
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Clostridium perfringens Escherichia coli Enterococcus peri-urban area drinking water |
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Clostridium perfringens Escherichia coli Enterococcus peri-urban area drinking water |
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The objective of this paper was to assess bacteriological quality of drinking water in a peri-urban area located in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, Brazil. A total of 89 water samples were collected from community plastic tanks and 177 water samples from wells were collected bimonthly, from September 2007 to November 2008, for evaluating bacteriological parameters including: Escherichia coli, Enterococcus and heterotrophic plate count (HPC). Clostridium perfringens was investigated in a subsample (40 samples from community plastic tank and 40 from wells). E. coli was present in 5 (5.6%) samples from community plastic tanks (2.0 - 5.1x10(4) MPN/100mL) and in 70 (39.5%) well samples (2.0 - 8.6x10(4) MPN/100mL). Thus, these samples were not in accordance with the Brazilian Regulation. Enterococcus was detected in 20 (22.5%) samples of the community plastic tanks (1 to 79 NC/100mL) and in 142 (80.2%) well samples (1 to >200 NC/100mL). C. perfringens was detected in 5 (12.5%) community plastic tanks samples and in 35 (87.5%) wells samples (2.2 to >16 MPN/100mL). HPC were above 500 CFU/mL in 5 (5.6%) waters from community plastic tanks. In wells samples, the HPC ranged from <1 to 1.6x10(4) CFU/mL. The residual chlorine did not attend the standard established in the drinking water legislation (0.2 mg/L), except in 20 (22.5%) samples. These results confirm the vulnerability of the water supply systems in this peri-urban area what is clearly a public health concern. |
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