Hygiene of populated placesISSN: 2707-0441 eISSN: 2707-045X
Issue 65, 2015   -   Pages: 50-59
PROBLEM OF DRINKING-WATER PURIFIERS QUALITY IN THE RURAL SETTLEMENTS OF DNEPROPETROVSK REGION
L.V. Hryhorenko1
1 STATE INSTITUTION "DNIPROPETROVSK MEDICAL ACADEMY OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH OF UKRAINE"

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SUMMÀRY:
The standardized interviews inhabitants of rural settlements of Dnepropetrovsk region during 2012-2014 years have been carried out in order to establish respondents’ point of view towards the drinking-water purifiers. The standardized questionnaire was designed for interviewing peasants: 39 (52.0%) women, 36 (48.0%) men at average age from 35 to 55 years, 45 (60.0%) workers, 30 (40.0%) civil servants, 27 (24.0%), inhabitants living in this settlement less than 10 years, 48 (76.0%) more than 10 years, 60 (80.0%) peasants use drinking water from local sources more than 10 years, 15 (20.0%) less than 10 years. The data obtained in the questionnaire study showed increasing usage of drinking-water purifiers related to peasants from local settlements, mainly from water bottling plants and water treatment plants, secondly into 5 liters plastic bottles. Among main reasons why peasants don’t use water from bottling plants such as constant usage of standardized tap water treatment methods as well as boiling and filtration, and high cost of drinking-water purifiers. In the whole, during recent 2 years peasants of local settlements used bottled water every day, and once or two-tree times a week. The largest effect has been found in those settlements, where centralized water treatment system was absent (Apostolivskyi, Kryvorozskyi, Pavlohradskyi, Nikopolskyi rural districts), wherefore peasants use drinking water from public wells, or delivery water.