Present situation about using sources of water in 3 provinces of Mekong delta, 2002
Journal of Preventive Medicine
;
: 31-35, 2004.
Article
in Vietnamese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-5159
ABSTRACT
The study about using water sources in diet in community was performed at 3 provinces of Mekong Delta in January 2002. The total number of investigated households were 1639, the samples were collected by investigating 30 groups method. The investigating about major water source using diet showed that on average, about 70% (35-92%) of households used river water, 17.6% (2.0-48%) used tap water and 10.8% (0-20.8%) used rain water. 40% of points used the river water to supply water with community, far latrine-fishpond from 10m, 26% was closed cattle-breeding cage (under 10m). The river water-processing method was alum accumulation, the pasteurization rate without chloramine was nearly 80% and about 20% of households used non-boiled drinking-water. The rate of households used boring well was very low (2-4%), 10% of households entered using processed river water because they were very poor
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Water
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Chloramines
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Epidemiology
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Diet
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Alum Compounds
Language:
Vietnamese
Journal:
Journal of Preventive Medicine
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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