ArticleEnvironmental health and preventive medicine2020
Quality and safety of municipal drinking water in Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia.
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- Bacteriological quality of drinking water and its associated factors in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
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- Microbiological safety assessment of ready-to-eat cooked foods in the Addis Ababa School Feeding Program, Ethiopia.Heliyon · 2024Article
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- Water Safety Practices Along the Water Service Chain in Addis Ababa: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Cosmopolitan City.Environmental health insights · 2024Article
- Multiscalar Evaluation of the Water Distribution System and Diarrheal Disease Risk in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Environmental science & technology · 2023Article
- Complexities of the urban drinking water systems in Ethiopia and possible interventions for sustainability.Environment, development and sustainability · 2023Article
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- A Qualitative Analysis of Factors Influencing Household Water Treatment Practices Among Consumers of Self-Supplied Water in Rural Ethiopia.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2021Article
- Efficiency of Treatment Plant and Drinking Water Quality Assessment from Source to Household, Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia.Journal of environmental and public health · 2021Article
- Quality and Safety of Rural Community Drinking Water Sources in Guto Gida District, Oromia, Ethiopia.Journal of environmental and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn low resourced countries, water-associated diseases have still impact on public health. Poor quality of water can cause waterborne diseases through bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and parasites that has been responsible for millions of morbidity and mortality. Therefore, this study aimed to assess quality and safety of public municipal drinking water in Addis Ababa City.
methodsDescriptive epidemiological study design that used quantitative approach was carried out at Addis Ababa City Administration from June 2016 to October 2016. Pre-tested and standardized aseptic sample collection technique was utilized to collect a total of 2976 samples (2951 water samples for bacteriological analysis by Presence-Absence (P-A) culturing method and 25 samples for parasites identification through direct microscopy examination). Descriptive data were summarized and cleaned by the SPSS version 20 software and presented in table and graph.
resultsThe study revealed that 10%, 7% and 3% were positive for bacteriological, total coliforms, and fecal coliforms respectively through Presence-Absence Broth test. The bacterial distribution trends from 1st to 13th weeks of wet season were slight increment of total coliforms and slight decrement for fecal coliforms. All tested for parasitological samples from selected reservoirs were free from parasitological species.
conclusionThis study reflects that there were positive for bacterial, total coliforms, and fecal coliforms during the study period. It needs continuous screening and treating water sources to utmost important for prevention and control waterborne disease.
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