Hygienic Substantiation of Management Decisions With the Use of the Integral Assessment of Drinking Water on Indices of Chemical Harmlessness and Epidemiological Safety

Abstract

Introduction. One of the key factors influencing on the quality of drinking water is the high level of water sources of the pollution, leading to the need for large-scale water treatment. There are remained risks, the consequence of which may lead to the deterioration of the quality of drinking water which is conveyed to the population. It is necessary to introduce effective technologies of water treatment, informative and reliable approaches for the assessment of epidemiological safety and harmlessness of drinking water. One of the priority directions is the development and use of methods of the integral assessment of drinking water quality. Aim of the study. For this purpose there was developed a method for the integral assessment of drinking water relying upon indices of the chemical harmlessness and a method for the comprehensive assessment of the risk of bacterial intestinal infections transmitted by water. There is proposed a method of assessing the quality of drinking water in terms of epidemiological safety, based on the fundamental principles, and providing a probabilistic approach to the assessment of health risk. Conclusion. The development, argumentation and implementation of the method of the integral assessment of the probabilistic health risk with the combined effect of chemical and microbiological agents contained in drinking water remain to be actual.

Health Risks for the Population of the Voronezh Region Related to Drinking Water Quality

“…Как отмечает академик Ю.А. Рахманин (2017), управленческие решения по обеспечению гигиенической безопасности питьевого водопользования населения сегодня не возможны без проведения интегральной оценки питьевой воды по показателям химической безвредности и эпидемиологической безопасности [19]. Реализация на региональном уровне методологии оценки риска для здоровья, связанного с качеством питьевой воды, согласуется с актуальностью внедрения риск-ориентированного планирования контрольно-надзорных мероприятий, аргументированного обоснования и реализации мероприятий по обеспечению гигиенической безопасности питьевого водопользования населения с учетом выявленных приоритетов [20].…”

The Problem of Water and Sanitation on the Example of India and Russia

“…Assessment of drinking water quality in the Russian Federation remains the leading area of human health protection that is directly related to the quality of life (Rakhmanin et al, , 2017. Only in recent decades, up to 52 km 3 / year of wastewater is discharged into water bodies of the Russian Federation annually, of which 19.2 km 3 are subject to treatment.…”