Health risk assessment of coliform bacteria contamination in the dug well water with qmra to predict public health risk in small Island, Makassar Birawida Agus Bintara1,*, Selomo Makmur1, Mallongi Anwar1, Ismita Uyuun Wiji1, Suriah2 1Departement of Environmental Health, Public Health Faculty, Hasanuddin University 2Departement of Health Promotion, Public Health Faculty, Hasanuddin University, Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan Km.10, Makassar, Indonesia *Correspondence author: Agus Bintara Birawida: Email: agusbirawida@gmail.com
Online published on 1 November, 2018. Abstract Dug wells become the main choice for small islanders because dug wells are easier to obtain than other clean air. Coliform bacteria is an indicator of pathogenic bacteria in airborne microbial contamination. The problem of pollution of the island is growing with the increasing of population density on a small island. Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA) has been widely used in several studies to estimate health impacts associated with water use in coastal areas. This research was conducted in Bonetambung Island Makassar City. Examination of concentration levels of coliform bacteria using MPN method with health risk assessment to predict public health risk using QMRA. Bonetambung Island Makassar City obtained the result that from 10 points of water sampling dug well, only 1 point that meet the limits of coliform bacteria contamination, which is 4 MPN. That means, there are 4 coliform bacterial colonies in every 100 ml of well water. While 9 sampling points are not eligible. The result is using QMRA got final result that 3 point of sample of water taker indicated low risk, and 7 of them high risk. Top Keywords QMRA, Coliform, dug well water. Top |