Microbiological Water Quality in School Drinking Fountains from Santa Rita, Brazil

Microbiological analysis of drinking water from public and private school fountains in Santa Rita, Paraíba, Brazil. The work tested for total coliforms, thermotolerant coliforms, and heterotrophic bacteria, finding 100% of samples unfit for consumption based on Brazilian health standards. The dataset was created by researcher Maria Suiane de Moraes.

Use Cases

• Assessing compliance with drinking water safety standards based on microbiological contamination levels.
• Analyzing the prevalence of total and thermotolerant coliforms in school water sources.
• Evaluating heterotrophic bacteria counts as an indicator of water system maintenance needs.
• Comparing water quality between public and private school infrastructure.

Strengths

• Analysis follows standardized methodologies from the American Public Health Association.
• Results are benchmarked against specific Brazilian health regulations (Decree 2,914/2011).
• Provides specific contamination rates: 100% of samples were unfit due to total coliforms, and 33.33% contained thermotolerant coliforms.

Limitations

• Row count and specific column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single city study.

Provenance

Source

Maria Suiane de Moraes

Collection Method

Water samples were analyzed for total coliforms, thermotolerant bacteria, and heterotrophic bacteria according to APHA standards.

Geography

Santa Rita city, Paraíba state, Brazil