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0088/2018 - Evaluating simple diffusion chlorinators in wells in a rural settlement in Amazônia.
Avaliação de cloradores simplificados por difusão para descontaminação da água de poços em assentamento rural na Amazônia.

Author:

• Danielle Costa Ferreira - Ferreira, DC - <danicostaf@hotmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Sérgio Luiz Bessa Luz - Luz, SLB - <sergioluz@amazonia.fiocruz.br>
• Daniel Forsin Buss - Daniel Forsin Buss - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - <dbuss@ioc.fiocruz.br> +


Abstract:

The Amazon region holds the largest freshwater reserve on the Planet. Nonetheless, the lack of sanitation and proper water treatment, especially in rural areas, have been the cause of environmental and health issues. In rural isolated settlements, communities usually withdraw watershallow wells, and water quality is a common concern. In those settlements, there are fewer options for water treatment. This study aimed to assess the use of “simple diffusion chlorinators” as an alternative method for water treatment. One hundred samples were takenshallow wells, before and after the installation of the chlorinators, in the Rio Pardo rural settlement, in Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil. The waterthe wells was inadequate for human consumption before the treatment, with high contamination levels by termotolerant coliforms. In most cases, chlorinators reduced contamination to zero. Also, they were widely accepted by the dwellers because it did not alter taste to consumed water and was considered of low-cost and an easy maintenance. We discuss the advantages and limitations of the use of simple chlorinators for this socio-environmental context, and we present a list of improvements and adaptations, so this method can be better used in other rural settlements.

Keywords:

Water quality, water purification, chlorinator, Amazon, rural settlement

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Ferreira, DC, Luz, SLB, Daniel Forsin Buss. Evaluating simple diffusion chlorinators in wells in a rural settlement in Amazônia.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Feb). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/evaluating-simple-diffusion-chlorinators-in-wells-in-a-rural-settlement-in-amazonia/16621?id=16621



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