Data on microbiological quality assessment of rural drinking water supplies in Tiran County, Isfahan province, Iran
Khadijeh Jafari,
Ali Akbar Mohammadi,
Zahra Heidari,
Farzaneh Baghal Asghari,
Majid Radfard,
Mahmood Yousefi,
Mahmoud Shams
Affiliations
Khadijeh Jafari
Students Research Committee, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar abbas, Iran
Ali Akbar Mohammadi
Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, Iran; Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Zahra Heidari
Bachelor of Environmental Health, Department of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Farzaneh Baghal Asghari
Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Majid Radfard
Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran; Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Mahmood Yousefi
Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Mahmoud Shams
Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; Corresponding author at: Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
A lack of access to safe drinking water can lead to adverse health effects such as infection, disease, and undesirable aesthetic problems. The current study focused on the investigation of groundwater quality in Tiran's villages (Isfahan province, Iran). To determine essential microbiological quality, water samples were collected from 46 randomly-selected water wells during a one-year period. The parameters of pH and chlorine were measured on-site. Turbidity was measured at 420 nm using a DR5000 spectrophotometer. Microbiological tests including general thermoforms, Escherichia coli, and thermophiles were carried out according to the National Iranian Standard Method 3759. Data showed that 1.8% of the villages under study had contaminated water resources. The turbidity values for 94.5% of the resources were within recommended limits (<5NTU). In 20.6% of the samples, the residual free chlorine was in the range of 0 to 0.2 mg/L, 8.79% of samples had values greater than the recommended limits, and18.5% had no free residual chlorine. Keywords: Microbiological quality, Drinking water, Turbidity, pH and chlorine, Tiran
