Quality of water and antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli from water sources of hilly tribal villages with and without integrated watershed management-a one year prospective study

In many hilly tribal areas of the world, water scarcity is a major problem and diarrhoea is common. Poor quality of water also affects the environment. An integrated watershed management programme (IWMP) aims to increase availability of water and to improve life conditions. Globally, there is a lack...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2014-06, Vol.11 (6), p.6156-6170
Main Authors: Nerkar, Sandeep S, Tamhankar, Ashok J, Khedkar, Smita U, Lundborg, Cecilia Stålsby
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibiotics
Contamination
Diarrhea - epidemiology
Diarrhea - microbiology
Drug resistance
Drug Resistance, Microbial
E coli
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli - drug effects
India - epidemiology
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Prospective Studies
Rural Population
Water Microbiology
Water quality
Water Quality - standards
Water Supply - analysis
Watershed management
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Summary:In many hilly tribal areas of the world, water scarcity is a major problem and diarrhoea is common. Poor quality of water also affects the environment. An integrated watershed management programme (IWMP) aims to increase availability of water and to improve life conditions. Globally, there is a lack of information on water contamination, occurrence of diarrhoea and antibiotic resistance, a serious global concern, in relation to IWMP in hilly tribal areas. Therefore, a prospective observational study was conducted during 2011–2012 in six villages in a hilly tribal belt of India, three with and three without implementation of an IWMP, to explore quality of water, diarrhoeal cases in the community and antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli from water sources. The results showed that physico-chemical quality of water was within limits of safe consumption in all samples. The odds of coliform contamination in water samples was 2.3 times higher in non-watershed management villages (NWMV) compared to integrated watershed management villages (IWMV) (95% CI 0.8–6.45, p = 0.081). The number of diarrhoeal cases (18/663 vs. 42/639, p < 0.05) was lower in IWMV as compared to NWMV. Overall E. coli isolates showed high susceptibility to antibiotics. Resistance to a wider range of antibiotics was observed in NWMV.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph110606156