Rainwater as a Source of Drinking Water: Health Impacts and Rainwater Treatment

Joint Authors

Khayan, Khayan
Heru Husodo, Adi
Astuti, Indwiani
Sudarmadji, Sudarmadji
Sugandawaty Djohan, Tjut

Source

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Issue

Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-10, 10 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2019-07-11

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

10

Main Subjects

Public Health
Medicine

Abstract EN

Rainwater is the main source of drinking water in tropical communities, especially in West Kalimantan.

Air contamination causes rainwater to become acidic and cloudy and adds heavy metals such as Pb into rainwater.

In addition to pollution, the way in which the rainwater is collected such as through zinc roofing also exposes the rainwater to heavy metals.

The presence of Pb in rainwater will have an impact on the health of the community in the long run.

The model of simple water treatment using filtration is needed to overcome this problem with the use of media available in the region.

The media used are in the form of mollusk sand and activated carbon.

In the end, the mollusk sand filtration model and activated carbon sorption were effectively used to filter polluted rainwater to be safe for consumption.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Khayan, Khayan& Heru Husodo, Adi& Astuti, Indwiani& Sudarmadji, Sudarmadji& Sugandawaty Djohan, Tjut. 2019. Rainwater as a Source of Drinking Water: Health Impacts and Rainwater Treatment. Journal of Environmental and Public Health،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1174002

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Khayan, Khayan…[et al.]. Rainwater as a Source of Drinking Water: Health Impacts and Rainwater Treatment. Journal of Environmental and Public Health No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1174002

American Medical Association (AMA)

Khayan, Khayan& Heru Husodo, Adi& Astuti, Indwiani& Sudarmadji, Sudarmadji& Sugandawaty Djohan, Tjut. Rainwater as a Source of Drinking Water: Health Impacts and Rainwater Treatment. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1174002

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1174002