Hygiena 2015, 60(2):76-78 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1378

Drinking Water Quality in Private Wells in Connection with Flood from Central Bohemia in 2013

Jana Motýlová, Michaela Pajerová, Libuše Polanská

Krajská hygienická stanice Středočeského kraje se sídlem v Praze

This article is a short summary of analyses of drinking water quality in private wells from which drinking water samples were collected in connection with the floods in 2013. After the floods subsided and following sanitation of the surrounding area and wells, Health Institute personnel collected samples of water from private wells which provided the only sources of drinking water for inhabitants. The tested samples of drinking water reached water quality requirements in only 6% of cases.

Keywords: drinking water quality, floods

Received: February 2015; Accepted: April 22, 2015; Published: June 1, 2015  Show citation