Drinking water quality assessment and corrosion mitigation in the hospital water supply system of Chacas Village (Peru)
Rural hospitals in developing countries often lack appropriate water treatments to assure their water needs. In these facilities, due to water different uses and its use with medical equipment, water quality problems can cause very hazardous situations. In particular, corrosion of water distribution...
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| author | Riccardo Bigoni Sabrina Sorlini Maria Cristina Collivignarelli Paolo Berbenni |
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| description | Rural hospitals in developing countries often lack appropriate water treatments to assure their water needs. In these facilities, due to water different uses and its use with medical equipment, water quality problems can cause very hazardous situations. In particular, corrosion of water distribution systems is a common issue that can cause unwanted changes in water quality and failures of the distribution system’s pipes. These considerations suggest that a complete monitoring program and water treatments to control and guarantee the water quality would be required in each health-care facility. This study assessed the quality of the water at the rural hospital of Chacas (Peru) as measured via specific physical-chemical and microbiological parameters. The results show that the chemical and microbiological qualities of the water generally worsen from catchment to the hospital’s taps. Moreover, this work investigated the effects of a dolomite limestone filter installed to adjust the quality of the water distributed at the hospital and thereby mitigate the water’s corrosiveness. Corrosion indices were calculated to provide useful information on the water’s corrosiveness and positive results were obtained in reducing corrosiveness after the installation of the dolomite filter. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-54801235829d404d83a19f87fa6031922022-12-21T23:29:33ZengInstituto de Pesquisas Ambientais em Bacias Hidrográficas (IPABHi)Revista Ambiente & Água1980-993X2014-07-019337938910.4136/ambi-agua.1407Drinking water quality assessment and corrosion mitigation in the hospital water supply system of Chacas Village (Peru)Riccardo Bigoni0 Sabrina Sorlini1 Maria Cristina Collivignarelli2Paolo Berbenni3University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy Research Centre on Appropriate Technologies for Environmental Management in Developing CountriesUniversity of Brescia, Brescia, Italy Research Centre on Appropriate Technologies for Environmental Management in Developing CountriesUniversity of Pavia, Pavia, Italy Faculty of EngineeringPolitecnico of Milano, Milano, ItalyRural hospitals in developing countries often lack appropriate water treatments to assure their water needs. In these facilities, due to water different uses and its use with medical equipment, water quality problems can cause very hazardous situations. In particular, corrosion of water distribution systems is a common issue that can cause unwanted changes in water quality and failures of the distribution system’s pipes. These considerations suggest that a complete monitoring program and water treatments to control and guarantee the water quality would be required in each health-care facility. This study assessed the quality of the water at the rural hospital of Chacas (Peru) as measured via specific physical-chemical and microbiological parameters. The results show that the chemical and microbiological qualities of the water generally worsen from catchment to the hospital’s taps. Moreover, this work investigated the effects of a dolomite limestone filter installed to adjust the quality of the water distributed at the hospital and thereby mitigate the water’s corrosiveness. Corrosion indices were calculated to provide useful information on the water’s corrosiveness and positive results were obtained in reducing corrosiveness after the installation of the dolomite filter.http://www.ambi-agua.net/seer/index.php/ambi-agua/article/view/1407Langelier saturation index (LSI)Ryznar stability index (RSI)dolomia filter |
| spellingShingle | Riccardo Bigoni Sabrina Sorlini Maria Cristina Collivignarelli Paolo Berbenni Drinking water quality assessment and corrosion mitigation in the hospital water supply system of Chacas Village (Peru) Revista Ambiente & Água Langelier saturation index (LSI) Ryznar stability index (RSI) dolomia filter |
| title | Drinking water quality assessment and corrosion mitigation in the hospital water supply system of Chacas Village (Peru) |
| title_full | Drinking water quality assessment and corrosion mitigation in the hospital water supply system of Chacas Village (Peru) |
| title_fullStr | Drinking water quality assessment and corrosion mitigation in the hospital water supply system of Chacas Village (Peru) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Drinking water quality assessment and corrosion mitigation in the hospital water supply system of Chacas Village (Peru) |
| title_short | Drinking water quality assessment and corrosion mitigation in the hospital water supply system of Chacas Village (Peru) |
| title_sort | drinking water quality assessment and corrosion mitigation in the hospital water supply system of chacas village peru |
| topic | Langelier saturation index (LSI) Ryznar stability index (RSI) dolomia filter |
| url | http://www.ambi-agua.net/seer/index.php/ambi-agua/article/view/1407 |
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