Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.37023/ee.8.1-2.2
MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF WELL WATER FROM KOPRIVNICA-KRIŽEVCI COUNTY IN 2018
Sanja Furmeg
; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Veterinary Department Križevci, Ivana Zakmardija Dijankovečkog 10, 48260 Križevci, Croatia
Lana Feher Turković
; University of Applied Health Sciences, Mlinarska cesta 38, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Mojsović Ćuić
; University of Applied Health Sciences, Mlinarska cesta 38, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Vesna Jaki Tkalec
; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Veterinary Department Križevci, Ivana Zakmardija Dijankovečkog 10, 48260 Križevci, Croatia
Maja Kiš
; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Veterinary Department Križevci, Ivana Zakmardija Dijankovečkog 10, 48260 Križevci, Croatia
Abstract
In this study, microbiological quality of drinking water deriving from the private wells from Koprivnica-Križevci County was investigated. A total of 287 samples from different locations were collected during 2018 and analysed for the following microbiological parameters: total coliforms, Escherichia coli, Enterococcus spp., Clostridium perfringens, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and the number of aerobic heterotrophic bacteria at 36 °C and 22 °C. The results showed that 24 % of the analysed water samples were of unsatisfactory microbiological quality, with high incidence of faecal contamination. Well water is still the main source of drinking water for many residents of this County, especially in its rural parts, so continuous monitoring and disinfection of drinking water deriving from private wells is of exceptional importance for the public health.
Keywords
drinking water, water microbiology, private wells, health safety.
Hrčak ID:
266050
URI
Publication date:
20.12.2021.
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