Microbiological quality of the water. Tafi del valle (Tucuman-Argentine).

ANDUNI GUILLERMO; VANNINI VERÓNICA; GUSILS CARLOS; GONZÁLEZ M.C.; PISA M.; RUÍZ MARCELO; CÁRDENAS GERÓNIMO

BIOCELL

INST HISTOL EMBRIOL-CONICET

Lugar: Mendoza; Año: 2007 vol. 31 p. 302 - 302

0327-9545

The fault in teh microbiological quality of the same one, produces an increase in the risk that children acquire diarreic diseases. The aim of the work was to evaluate the water quality that the population of Tafì del Valle consumes and uses in domestic activities. for the development of this work, water samples were taken between february and may of the current year, of different poins of Tafi del Valle (schools, hospital, houses, etc.). For the microbiological study official techniques were used to determine mesophilic aerobics, NMP total anf fecal coliforms, E coli and P aeruginosa. There is a variation in the microbiological quality of the water, the hospital and houses of family present a very good quality of water, wich is provided directly bay plant of treatment. On the order hand the samples obtained in some schools and houses, can be thought that they are not suitable for consumpiton due to the presence of coliformes, in some cases of E coli. The sources of supply in this cases were water eyes in bad hygienic conditions and of rivers. we can conclude that besides controling the supply of drink abble water, it is necessary to bear other aspects in mind as elimination of you excrete of the population, control of free animals near water courses, as principal aim of prevention.