Abstract
Water constitutes essential factor for all being, but it is also a vehicle of parasitic and infectious illnesses, increasing the frequency of chronic diseases. The water is ingested by the man in a bigger amount than all the other congregated foods and is, also, its main excretion. The water of human consumption is one of the important vehicles of diarrheic diseases of infectious nature, which it makes its evaluation of microbiological quality essential. The main objective in the present work is to carry out a microbiological analysis of waters from cisterns built by the Project 1 Million of Cisterns (P1MC), in the city of Crato-CE, in order to evaluate the quality of the water consumed by the population. The water was collected in accordance with the Manual of Collection of Ambient-Water Sample, of the Central Laboratory of Public Health LACEN. The results had shown that of the 10 analyzed samples, 7 had a satisfactory result and 3 had presented unsatisfactory result for Escherichia coli. Education is a form of prevention, however, it would require more frequent monitoring of water quality. The development of a work of sanitary education for the rural population and the adoption of preventive measures aimed at preservation of these waters along with the techniques of waste treatment, these are the necessary tools to maximally reduce the risk of waterborne diseases. Words keys: water from cisterns, microbiological Analysis, Total Coliforme _____________________ 1 Graduated in Biological Sciences URCA; 2 Professor of Biological Sciences URCA.
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