Qualidade da água destinada ao consumo humano nas escolas públicas do município de Uberlândia/MG

Abstract

The water quality is life and health. If contaminated with waste resulting from human activities, leading to disease and death. Therefore, this job did a brief survey of the waters capitate for treatment in DMAE water treatment plants through technical site visits and interviews with DMAE Technical Director. Subsequently, we evaluated the microbiological quality of treated water that reaches the taps of public schools in Uberlândia by the network of public water distribution. It is also evaluated the quality of the water actually utilized within schools, after passing through the tanks and troughs filter systems. The city of Uberlândia has water treatment, but the water coming out of taps may be contaminated by chemicals or micro-organisms harmful to health, arising from own reservoir or water tank, which in most schools are not well sealed. Mostly underground tanks are not cleaned periodically. To get this conclusion, water samples were collected in public schools in Uberlândia, and in each school, collected by three to four samples at different points, depending on the number of reservoirs in school. Then the samples were sent for analysis in science laboratory of Uberlândia. Subsequently, the results of the water analysis reports were evaluated, compared to physical health conditions of reservoirs, citing factors that may influence the contamination of the water for the treatment and water consumed within schools after treatment.