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0227/2023 - Quality and access to water for human consumption: a look at the State of Amazonas, Brazil.
Qualidade e acesso à água para consumo humano: um olhar sobre o Estado do Amazonas, Brasil.

Author:

• Mayline Menezes da Mata - Mata, M.M - <mayline.menezes@unifesp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6142-5112

Co-author(s):

• Andre Bento Chaves Santana - Santana, A.B.C - <ibentoi@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4237-3924
• Flavio Pinheiro Martins - Martins, F.P - <flavio.martins.22@ucl.ac.uk>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9452-722X
• Maria Angélica Tavares de Medeiros - Medeiros, M.A.T - <angelica.medeiros@unifesp.br>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8982-7084


Abstract:

Surveillance indicators of water quality for human consumption in the Amazon were analyzed, from 2016 to 2020, using 185,528 samples from 11 microregions. Of the samples analyzed, 93.20% are from the urban area, 66.65% came from the public system (SAA), 31.02% from the Collective Alternative Solution-SAC and 2.33% from the Individual Alternative Solution-SAI. There was an increase in the number of records by the SAA, with a downward trend and oscillations of records for the SAC and SAI. The chemical and physical parameters of the urban area were higher than those of rural areas and traditional communities. Most of the samples presented pH values below the recommended level. In the quantification of microbiological parameters, a greater presence of total coliforms and E.coli was identified in rural areas and traditional communities. In conclusion, there were inadequacies in the chemical, physical and microbiological parameters, as well as problems related to the supply, storage and surveillance of water distributed for human consumption. These findings indicate the need to build an agenda for public management to confront water insecurity and its probable effects on food insecurity in the region.

Keywords:

Drinking Water. Water Insecurity. Water Suply. Health Information Systems. Environmental Health Surveillance.

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Mata, M.M, Santana, A.B.C, Martins, F.P, Medeiros, M.A.T. Quality and access to water for human consumption: a look at the State of Amazonas, Brazil.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2023/Aug). [Citado em 05/11/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/quality-and-access-to-water-for-human-consumption-a-look-at-the-state-of-amazonas-brazil/18853?id=18853



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