Volume 26, Issue 3, June 2019, Pages 826–835
Cyrille MUMA WA MUMA1, MBUMBA MASIALA Albert2, BAFUANUSUA MAMOSO Floribert3, and TSHIPELE ONDAS4
1 Gestion des Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Institut Supérieur d'Etudes Agronomiques, ISEA Tshela, Kongo Central, RD Congo
2 Gestion des Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Institut Supérieur d'Etudes Agronomiques, ISEA Tshela, Kongo Central, RD Congo
3 Gestion des Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Institut Supérieur d'Etudes Agronomiques, ISEA Tshela, Kongo Central, RD Congo
4 Institut Technique Médical, ISTM TSHELA, RD Congo
Original language: French
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Contributing to the fight against waterborne diseases in the Kakongo sector in the DRC is the overall objective of this research. Water samples taken from sixteen sources in sixteen villages belonging to four groups in this sector were sent to the laboratory in accordance with WHO standards. Indeed, the results of physico-chemical analyzes in the laboratory have shown that almost all the sources of water consumed by the population of this sector is not drinkable. Microbiological analyzes have shown that 50% of the sources are started with Escherichia coli, 81.2% with total germs and 68.7% with faecal coliforms, proof that on the basis of WHO requirements, the waters of these sources are unfit for human consumption. The danger remains open in this sector, it is imperative and urgent to develop these sources, popularize good techniques of household waste management and consider sustainable environmental education among the people of the province of Kongo Central in general and the Kakongo sector in particular, if we want to save a multitude of lives at risk as advocated by the Millennium Development Goals. The consumption of these waters without any treatment presents very serious health risks for the population.
Author Keywords: water sources, analysis, quality, consumption, MDGs.
Cyrille MUMA WA MUMA1, MBUMBA MASIALA Albert2, BAFUANUSUA MAMOSO Floribert3, and TSHIPELE ONDAS4
1 Gestion des Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Institut Supérieur d'Etudes Agronomiques, ISEA Tshela, Kongo Central, RD Congo
2 Gestion des Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Institut Supérieur d'Etudes Agronomiques, ISEA Tshela, Kongo Central, RD Congo
3 Gestion des Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Institut Supérieur d'Etudes Agronomiques, ISEA Tshela, Kongo Central, RD Congo
4 Institut Technique Médical, ISTM TSHELA, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2019 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Contributing to the fight against waterborne diseases in the Kakongo sector in the DRC is the overall objective of this research. Water samples taken from sixteen sources in sixteen villages belonging to four groups in this sector were sent to the laboratory in accordance with WHO standards. Indeed, the results of physico-chemical analyzes in the laboratory have shown that almost all the sources of water consumed by the population of this sector is not drinkable. Microbiological analyzes have shown that 50% of the sources are started with Escherichia coli, 81.2% with total germs and 68.7% with faecal coliforms, proof that on the basis of WHO requirements, the waters of these sources are unfit for human consumption. The danger remains open in this sector, it is imperative and urgent to develop these sources, popularize good techniques of household waste management and consider sustainable environmental education among the people of the province of Kongo Central in general and the Kakongo sector in particular, if we want to save a multitude of lives at risk as advocated by the Millennium Development Goals. The consumption of these waters without any treatment presents very serious health risks for the population.
Author Keywords: water sources, analysis, quality, consumption, MDGs.
Abstract: (french)
Contribuer à la lutte contre les maladies hydriques dans le secteur de Kakongo en RDC, est l’objectif global visé dans cette recherche. Les échantillons d’eau, prélevés dans seize sources de seize villages appartenant dans quatre groupements dudit secteur, ont été acheminés au laboratoire avec respect des normes édictées par l’OMS. En effet, les résultats des analyses physico-chimiques au laboratoire ont montré que la quasi- totalité des sources des eaux consommées par la population de ce secteur est non potable. Les analyses microbiologiques ont démontré que 50% des sources sont entamées avec Escherichia coli, 81,2% avec des germes totaux et 68,7% avec des coliformes fécaux, preuve que sur base des exigences de l’OMS, les eaux de ces sources sont impropres à la consommation humaine. Le danger reste à ciel ouvert dans ce secteur, il est donc impérieux et urgent d’aménager ces sources, de vulgariser les bonnes techniques de gestion des déchets ménagers et d’envisager une éducation environnementale durable auprès de la population de la province du Kongo Central en général et du secteur de Kakongo en particulier, si l’on veut sauver une multitude de vies humaines en péril tels prônent les objectifs du millénaire pour le développement. La consommation de ces eaux en dehors de tout traitement présente des risques sanitaires très graves pour la population.
Author Keywords: sources d’eau, analyse, qualité, consommation, OMD.
How to Cite this Article
Cyrille MUMA WA MUMA, MBUMBA MASIALA Albert, BAFUANUSUA MAMOSO Floribert, and TSHIPELE ONDAS, “Analyse physico-chimique et microbiologique des eaux de sources consommées par la population du Secteur de Kakongo/Kongo Central en République Démocratique du Congo,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 826–835, June 2019.
