TY  - JOUR
T1  - Microbiological Assessment of Surface Waters and Health Awareness of Four Vulnerable Communities in Can Tho City, Vietnam
AU - Baino-Salingay, Maria Luisa AU - Pathirana, Assela AU - Rijke, Jeroen AU - Steen, Peter van der AU - Zevenbergen, Chris AU - Quan, Nguyen Hong AU - Vinh, Ky Quang 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 10
SP  - 2644
EP  - 2650
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2017.2644.2650
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2017.2644.2650
KW  - Can Tho City
KW  -sustainable development goals
KW  -T. coliform
KW  -E. coli
KW  -perception survey
AB  - Addressing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in a developing country like Vietnam is not easy. The study aimed to address at least three of the 17 SDG, namely, good health, clean water and sanitation and life below water. This study conducted microbiological analysis on surface waters of flood vulnerable communities and concurrently done household community perception survey on four communities. A majority of 245 respondents were dissatisfied with the water quality of the surface water. The discontentment of the respondents were verified by microbiological results. In the highly urbanized communities of An Cu and An Hoa, the<I> E. coli</I> and <I>T. coliform</I> values were compared with the Vietnam set standards. <I>E. coli</I> mean values were 125-445 times higher than the max tolerable limit of 200 MPN/100 mL and the <I>T. coliform</I> mean values obtained were 23-74 times higher than the set max tolerable limit of 10,000 MPN/100 mL.
ER  -