The Quality of Drinking Water Preparation in Drinking Water Refill Depots throughout Kendari City
Erwin Azizi Jayadipraja, Dedeh Nurhayati, Muhammad Chaerul
1College of Mandala Waluya Health School, Kendari, Indonesia
2Health Departement of Southeast Sulawesi Province, Kendari, Indonesia
3Fajar University, Makassar, Indonesia
Abstract
The society in Kendari city are using drinking water have a source of drinking water refill depots. The drinking water should qualify the physical, chemistry and microbiology rules and regulations. The population in this study is the whole drinking water depots in Kendari city that card carrying by Dinas Kesehatan Kota Kendari in January 2018 as many as 87 depots. The number of sample as many as 36 drinking water depots. Sampling technique is proportionate random sampling. The result of this study is finding that from 36 depots obtaining as many as 91,7% water resources (water standard) is unqualified (contains coliform and Fe). After processed by drinking water depots the water quality is re-test and obtaining as many as 16,7% the water fickle by drinking water depot is unqualified (contains coliform and Fe). There are still drinking water depots that the preparation system of drinking water are unqualified by the health regulation of Republic Inonesia. So that evaluation and supervision is necessary in term the implementation so it does not fazing health.
Keywords: Drinking Water Refill Depots. Drinking Water Quality, Coliform, Fe
Topic: Environmental Health