Quality Control of Drinking Water in the City of Ilave, Region of Puno, Peru

Pompeyo Ferro (), Luis Jhordan Rossel-Bernedo, Ana Lucia Ferró-Gonzáles and Ivone Vaz-Moreira
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Pompeyo Ferro: Universidad Nacional Intercultural Fabiola Salazar Leguía de Bagua, Jr. Ancash 520, Bagua 01721, Amazonas, Peru
Luis Jhordan Rossel-Bernedo: Universidad Privada San Carlos, Sede Ilave, Jr. Ilo 343, Ilave 21501, Puno, Peru
Ana Lucia Ferró-Gonzáles: Universidad Privada San Carlos, Sede Ilave, Jr. Ilo 343, Ilave 21501, Puno, Peru
Ivone Vaz-Moreira: Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF—Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina—Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Rua Diogo Botelho 1327, 4169-005 Porto, Portugal

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 17, 1-9

Abstract: The region of Puno, in Peru, is described as a region with some health conditions that may be associated with the water quality, such as a high index of anemia or cases of acute diarrhea in children. This study aimed at monitoring the drinking water quality of the city of Ilave, in Peru, and determining possible correlations between physical-chemical and microbiological parameters, and the water distribution conditions, such as the period of water availability. Physical-chemical parameters (turbidity, residual chlorine, temperature, conductivity, and pH), microbiological parameters (presence of coliforms), and heavy metals (Zn, Mn, Ni, Fe, and Cu) were determined. All the parameters quantified were within the maximum permissible limits according to Peruvian regulations, except for residual chlorine, which was, for all the treated water samples, below the recommended value of 0.5 mg/L. Coliforms that should be absent from drinking water were detected in all the household samples. These results demonstrate the need for the inclusion of additional steps of re-chlorination along the distribution system to guarantee the maintenance of residual levels of chlorine that assure the microbiological quality of water. The quality of the drinking water was not observed to correlate with the period of water availability.

Keywords: drinking water system; sanitary control; water quality; disinfection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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