Abastecimento e consumo de água por soluções individuais em Viçosa-MG: identificação de perigos e percepção da população consumidora

• Autor(a) principal: Soares, Ana Carolina Cordeiro
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/5088
• topic: Qualidade da água; Domicílios; Solução individual de abastecimento; Water quality; Households; Supply for individual solutions; CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::MEDICINA VETERINARIA::MEDICINA VETERINARIA PREVENTIVA::SANEAMENTO APLICADO A SAUDE DO HOMEM

This study aimed to identify the hazards associated with consumption of water from individual solutions of supply in Viçosa - MG, and specify the popular understanding of consumers about what is water quality. Were inspected 93 individual solutions, all located in urban area, incorporating principles of risk assessment such as hazard identification using a standardized form by the Ministry of Health. Found the presence of sanitary protection in 98.9% of the wells what does not guarantee the water quality of the source when considering the existence of pockets of contamination and pollution in the vicinity of most individual solutions (55.9%). The monitoring of water quality of 25 wells for six months, for potability parameter according to the defined substrate method Colilert / Quanti-Tray 2000 indicated the presence of total coliforms in all solutions, ranging from 83.3% to 100% and 88% of solutions all samples were positive; contamination by E. coli, ranged from "not detected" to 100% of samples in which 80% of solutions this indicator was detected, which characterizes the water as unfit for consumption because it is an indication of contamination of fecal origin. Through the questionnaire, it was found that all the households surveyed have access to public water supply, but only 24.7% are connected; 65.6% of households are not connected and 9.7% turned off the connection, and price / avoid spending the reason given more frequently (23.7%). In 83.9% of households the water was consumed directly, but only in 26% the water disinfection was carried out while in in other household the water is consumed without any treatment characterizing risk to the consumer population. Regarding users of this type of source, was found more frequently families with incomes ranging between one and two minimum wages (49.5%) and low education of household head. To understand the reasons why people decide for household water from wells, qualitative study was conducted through semi-structured interview, which revealed the existence of representations of the individual solution water as clean and unquestionable quality. The relationship between the physical characteristics of water, their use and issues relating to your access is part of cultural, historical and economic construct their meaning.