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HYGIENIC-SANITARY EVALUATION OF THE DRINKING WATER PIPELINES IN THE CITY OF VLORA AND THE IMPACT ON COMMUNITY HEALTH

Journal: International journal of ecosystems and ecology science (IJEES) (Vol.1 su, No. 1)

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Page : 37-42

Keywords : drink-water pipeline; contamination; gastro-intestinal disease;

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Abstract

In the city of Vlora the production capacity of drinking water, is higher than the amount of water which reach’s the population. The drink-water pipeline is very old and amortized which led to drink-water losses and contamination of the drink-water causing gastro-intestinal disorders to the population. The methodology applied focused on observation and examination of the drink-water samples. Drink-water samples were taken in 22 different checkpoints in the period January-December 2010.The drink-water capacity of Vlora city is much higher than the capacity supplied to the population. The data collected from the drink-water supply Department shows that from 1 million m3 drink-water only 560 thousand m3 goes to the population which means that over 40% of the drink-water supplies leaks away because of the outdated pipelines. From the 6908 drink-water samples taken in different location of the city, 171 of them or 2.5% results with microbiological contamination. During 2010, 6609 cases with gastro-intestinal disease caused by contaminated drink-water were registered in the public hospital.The outdated drink-water pipelines and the massive losses, makes that the drink-water supply capacity is much under the population demand on the other hand the leaks in different parts of the pipeline cause contamination of the drink-water on those area by increasing so the population vulnerability to disease.

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