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EVALUATION OF WATER QUALITY HEALTH INDICATORS OF SWIMMING POOLS IN SOUTHWEST IRAN: 2023

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Karimi Kavus1 , Hoda Hamedpour2 , Mohsen Davarpanah3*
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.3.165

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Introduction: Water pollution of swimming pools can cause the transmission of various diseases to humans. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate health indicators of water quality in swimming pools in Khuzestan province . Materials and methods: This cross-sectional research was conducted in the form of a census of all indoor and active swimming pools in the cities of Khuzestan province, 14 were selected as a census in 2023, and the physical parameters included pH, temperature, and turbidity, and the chemical parameters included the amount of residual free chlorine, alkalinity, Hardness and microbial parameters including the population of heterotrophic bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Streptococcus, faecal coliform and total coliform were investigated. Sampling was done every week for 6 months and the samples were tested according to standard methods. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics .

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