Qualidade da água utilizada nas escolas e creches do Município de Aparecida, Sertão Paraibano.

Abstract

The consumption of water used in public infant education institutions in the city of Aparecida, State of Paraíba, comes from sources such as: deep wells, water supply by car kite, as well as the use of water from cisterns. In order to analyze the quality of the water used in these schools, and to verify the extent to which these waters may or may not cause illnesses caused by the use of low drinking water, it was decided to do this study, as well as to establish the Lack of use of means of information and protection, maintenance of water sources and possible related diseases and transmitted with the use and consumption of water sometimes unfit for human consumption, can cause to the human being, especially the children, and knowing that the water is An element essential to life, but which can pose risks to human health if its quality is compromised. With this in mind, the study covers the public schools of early childhood education in the Municipality of Aparecida, in the Sertão of Paraíba. In this aspect, children are the ones who suffer most from the problems of drinking contaminated water, since they are more vulnerable due to the immaturity of their immune system. In this context it highlights the importance of a survey of the quality of drinking water in institutions of early childhood education, since the school represents an important environment in which the child is inserted. Samples were collected in water reservoirs in nine schools and two municipal nurseries, in the following points: reservoirs, drinking fountains, kitchen faucet and water entry point, samples were collected during the dry season, from July to August, 2016 , And later transported and analyzed in the Laboratory of Microbiology and Analysis of Soils, Water and Plants, both of the Campus de Sousa of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Paraíba - IFPB. The objective of this study was to analyze the physicochemical and microbiological patterns of water used in the schools and kindergartens of the Early Childhood Education in the city of Aparecida, Sertão, Paraíba. With the results, it was found to be unfit for human consumption, according to the microbiological parameters analyzed of the water, with presence of Coliformes and Encheria Coli. The research served to provide information to the school community about the real situation of drinking water, highlighting the importance of avoiding the consumption of inappropriate water, as well as guiding the conservation of water resources in the process of Environmental Education.