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Drinking water and rural schools in the Western Amazon: an environmental intervention study.
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- Seasonal and Source-Associated Microbiome Dynamics in Brazilian Drinking Water.Microbial ecology · 2026Article
- [Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH): a study of Brazilian rural public elementary schools].Cadernos de saude publica · 2026Article
- Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in schools in Brazil pre-and peri-COVID-19 pandemic: Are schools making any progress?International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2023Article
- Membrane-Assisted Electrochlorination for Zero-Chemical-Input Point-of-Use Drinking Water Disinfection.ACS ES&T engineering · 2022Article
- Passive In-Line Chlorination for Drinking Water Disinfection: A Critical Review.Environmental science & technology · 2022Review
- A method for estimating the deforestation timeline in rural settlements in a scenario of malaria transmission in frontier expansion in the Amazon Region.Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough water and sanitation are considered human rights, worldwide approximately three of 10 people (2.1 billion) do not have access to safe drinking water. In 2016, 5.6 million students were enrolled in the 34% of Brazilian schools located in rural areas, but only 72% had a public water supply network. The objective was to evaluate effectiveness of environmental intervention for water treatment in rural schools of the Western Amazonia, and determine the efficacy of water treatment using a simplified chlorinator on potability standards for turbidity, fecal coliforms and
methodsA simplified chlorinator was installed for treatment of potable water in 20 public schools in the rural area of Rio Branco municipality, Acre state, Brazil.
resultsBefore the intervention, 20% ( DISCUSSION: This intervention considerably improved schools' water quality, thus decreasing children's health vulnerability due to inadequate water. Ancillary activities including training, educational lectures, installation of equipment, supply of materials and supplies (65% calcium hypochlorite and reagents) were considered fundamental to achieving success full outcomes. Installation of a simplified chlorinator in rural schools of the Western Amazon is therefore proposed as a social technology aiming at social inclusion, as well as economic and environmental sustainability.
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