Relationship between Hygiene and Sanitation with Coliform Bacteria Contamination in Refill Drinking Water

Abstract

Drinking water is the main source of consumption for the family so it needs to be maintained its quality in order to avoid Coliform bacteria. Coliform bacteria are suspected to originate from feces, therefore their presence in various places ranging from drinking water, food ingredients or other materials for human needs, is not expected. This study aims to get a description of bacterial contamination, depot environmental sanitation, equipment sanitation, worker hygiene, quality of raw water and refill drinking water in drinking water depots in BarrangLompo Island, Sangkarang District, Makassar City, 2017. This type of research is observational with a descriptive approach. The sampling technique uses Grab samples by taking directly from the tap of the drinking water depot. Water samples were examined using the Most Probable Number (MPN) method. Data analysis in this study was carried out descriptively and shows that 3 out of 6 depots have quality refill drinking water that meets the requirements. Raw water samples from all depots show no one meets the requirements. The samples examined contained gram negative bacteria. The types of bacteria that grow in the sample are Klebsiella pneumonia and Pseudomonas aerogenosa. On depot environmental sanitation and worker hygiene no one fulfils the requirements. Equipment sanitation all meets the requirements and there are depots that use the reserve osmosis method and use a combined method of reserve osmosis and ultraviolet light. The conclusion of this study is that bacteria are found in almost all drinking water samples. The bacteria found were Klebsiella pneumonia and Pseudomonas aerogenosa. Owners and depot workers are advised to improve and implement better hygiene and sanitation.