HEALTH RISK ASSOCIATED WITH BATHING IN SEA WATER: STUDY CASE ?DURRES BEACH AREA

The European Union Directive 76/160/EEC sets out the limits of certain physical chemical and microbiological parameters in order to ensure that the environment and public health in bathing areas are protected throughout the European Community.The aim of the paper consists in assessing the health risk of exposed population to the recreate polluted water through monitoring of environmental indicators for preventing dangers that affect human health. The method used in the study is based on the collection of statistical data from the MoE, ARM, DSHP for the microbiological indicators of beach waters to predict the relation between bathing and the appearance of some symptoms associated with the exposure to the polluted water. Data on the medical registration records from Durres Regional Hospital were analyzed too, for the period June-August 2010 to evaluate the probable correlation in accordance to the literature. Statistical data are processing with Excel programmer. The result of this study suggests that there is a correlation between the level of biological contamination of recreational waters and prevalence of infectious diseases.