Hygienic Monitoring and Analysis on Rural Drinking Water of QUFU City.

Objective To find out the sanitary quality of rural drinking water and provide scientific proof for Improving drinking water in countryside.Methods Field investigation,sampling and monitoring were carried out.The data were collected in recent four years since 2003.The water quality was evaluated by the health criteria of drinking water.Results The rate of total coliform and total bacterial count exceeding the sanitary standard was 39.7% and 35.3% respectively;The difference of water quality was significant between in deep well and in shallow well(P0.05);This significance was also seen between during abundant water period and during scanty period(P0.05);The change of water quality was slightly(P0.05).Conclusion The findings indicated that separate water supply was mainly polluted by demestic sewage,so rural water resources protection,drinking water treatment and monitoring should be strengthened.The rate of deep well water meeting the standard terms was higher,which indicated that deep underground water should be popularized in improving rural drinking water.