The quality of drinking water in the Prilep region supplied by the Studenchica Regional Water Supply System and PHI General Hospital Prilep

Abstract

Drinking water quality testing is made to control whether consumers are provided with safe and healthy drinking water, and to protect human health from the side effects of water contamination. The purpose of this paper is to show the health correctness and the quality of drinking water in the city of Prilep and the settlements that are supplied with it from the Studenchica Regional Water Supply System, and the local city water supply system which is supplied by the Public Health Institution (PHI) General Hospital Prilep with drinking water during the year of 2021. The Public Company for Water Supply and Sewerage Prilep manages most of the water supply facilities and carries out regular disinfection of drinking water. But there are some settlements where the water is not chlorinated since the water supply facilities are not managed by the public company. The samples were subjected to both, basic physical-chemical and microbiological examination according to the Drinking Water Safety and Quality Requirements Rulebook (Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia No. 183 of 02.10.2018). Based on the monitoring, it can be concluded that the public enterprise guarantees safe and healthy drinking water for the parts of Studenchica Regional Water Supply System under its management and under the Municipality of Prilep jurisdiction. This is also the case with drinking water from the local water supply system at the PHI General Hospital Prilep. Key words: drinking water, quality, safety, health correctness, physical-chemical parameters, microbiological parameters