Quality and safety of municipal drinking water in Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
Amsalu Mekonnen WoldeKassu Desta Tullu

Abstract

In low resourced countries, water-associated diseases have still impact on public health. Poor quality of water can cause waterborne diseases through bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and parasites that has been responsible for millions of morbidity and mortality. Therefore, this study aimed to assess quality and safety of public municipal drinking water in Addis Ababa City. Descriptive epidemiological study design that used quantitative approach was carried out at Addis Ababa City Administration from June 2016 to October 2016. Pre-tested and standardized aseptic sample collection technique was utilized to collect a total of 2976 samples (2951 water samples for bacteriological analysis by Presence-Absence (P-A) culturing method and 25 samples for parasites identification through direct microscopy examination). Descriptive data were summarized and cleaned by the SPSS version 20 software and presented in table and graph. The study revealed that 10%, 7% and 3% were positive for bacteriological, total coliforms, and fecal coliforms respectively through Presence-Absence Broth test. The bacterial distribution trends from 1st to 13th weeks of wet season were slight increment of total coliforms and slight decrement for fecal coliforms. All ...Continue Reading

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Jul 2, 2021·Journal of Environmental and Public Health·Belay DesyeTsegaye Terefe Reda
Jun 15, 2021·Journal of Environmental and Public Health·Motuma Tessema Abegaz, Mulissa Jida Midekssa

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statistical package for social science ( SPSS )

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