Abstract

Objective: The study aims to assess Pu’er rural drinking water quality and to investigate the reasons why microbial indexes exceed the national rural drinking water standard. Methods: The study uses existing data obtained from Pu’er rural drinking water monitoring Network. Simultaneously, a series of semi-constructed in-depth interviews were conducted with key informants. Results: The water samples taken from Pu’er which met the national rural drinking water standard only accounted for 17.5%, while 82.5% of samples did not meet this standard. The P-value of x2 test of total colony and total coliform number with chemical and physical treatment was .195 and .000, treated water and tap water was .175 and .340, dry season and rainy season was .003 and .000. Discussion: The results present that the percentage of water in Pu’er Municipality which meets the national rural drinking water standard is very low.

Highlights

  • Rural drinking water is a very important livelihood project

  • During the 11th Five-Year Plan, the Chinese government invested a huge amount of funds to resolve the problem of the rural safe drinking water and to provide safe drinking water to most rural residents by 2015

  • X2 test was used to test the association of water samples which met and did not meet the national rural drinking water standard with the total colony and coliform number among the dry season and rainy season, treated water and tap water, water sample types, and physical and chemical treatment

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Introduction

Rural drinking water is a very important livelihood project It is involved in a huge vulnerable population. Helping people to gain access to safe drinking water is one of the most important health-related infrastructure programs in the world. Accessing rural safe drinking water has become a policy priority in Chinese government action plans for comprising more than 70 percent rural residents of China’s total population since 1996. During the 11th Five-Year Plan, the Chinese government invested a huge amount of funds to resolve the problem of the rural safe drinking water and to provide safe drinking water to most rural residents by 2015. It resolves a lot of rural residents’ drinking water problems, but many of the rural residents still lack access to clean and safe drinking water

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