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Environmental health aspects of drinking water-borne outbreak due to karst flooding: case study

Gyula Dura, Tamás Pándics, Mihály Kádár, Katalin Krisztalovics, Zoltánné Kiss, Judit Bodnár, Ágnes Asztalos, Erzsébet Papp
Published September 2010, 8 (3) 513-520; DOI: 10.2166/wh.2010.099
Gyula Dura
National Institute of Environmental Health, 1097 Budapest, Gyáli u. 2-6, Hungary Tel.: 00361 476 1283 Fax: 0036 12150148 E-mail: pandics.tamas@oki.antsz.hu www.oki.antsz.hu
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Tamás Pándics
National Institute of Environmental Health, 1097 Budapest, Gyáli u. 2-6, Hungary Tel.: 00361 476 1283 Fax: 0036 12150148 E-mail: pandics.tamas@oki.antsz.hu www.oki.antsz.hu
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Mihály Kádár
National Institute of Environmental Health, 1097 Budapest, Gyáli u. 2-6, Hungary Tel.: 00361 476 1283 Fax: 0036 12150148 E-mail: pandics.tamas@oki.antsz.hu www.oki.antsz.hu
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Katalin Krisztalovics
National Center for Epidemiology, 1097 Budapest, Gyáli u. 2-6, Hungary
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Zoltánné Kiss
North-Hungarian Regional Institute of Public Health Service, 3300 Eger, Klapka u. 11, Hungary
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Judit Bodnár
North-Hungarian Regional Institute of Public Health Service, 3300 Eger, Klapka u. 11, Hungary
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Ágnes Asztalos
North-Hungarian Regional Institute of Public Health Service, 3300 Eger, Klapka u. 11, Hungary
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North-Hungarian Regional Institute of Public Health Service, 3300 Eger, Klapka u. 11, Hungary
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Abstract

Climate change may increase the incidence of waterborne diseases due to extreme rainfall events, and consequent microbiological contamination of the water source and supply. As a result of the complexity of the pathways from the surface to the consumer, it is difficult to detect an association between rainfall and human disease. The water supply of a Hungarian city, Miskolc (174,000 inhabitant), is mainly based on karstic water, a vulnerable underground water body. A large amount of precipitation fell on the catchment area of the karstic water source, causing an unusually strong karstic water flow and flooding, and subsequent microbiological contamination. The presence of several potential sources of contamination in the protective zone of the karstic water source should be emphasized. The water supplier was unprepared to treat the risk of waterborne outbreak caused by an extreme weather event. Public health intervention and hygienic measures were taken in line with epidemiological actions, focusing on the protection of consumers by providing safe drinking water. The contamination was identified, and measures were taken for risk reduction and prevention. This case study underlines the increasing importance of preparedness for extreme water events in order to protect the karstic water sources and to avoid waterborne outbreaks.

  • environmental health
  • karst water
  • monitoring system
  • vulnerability
  • waterborne outbreak
  • water quality
  • Received September 15, 2008.
  • Accepted October 1, 2009.
  • © IWA Publishing 2010
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Journal of Water and Health Sep 2010, 8 (3) 513-520; DOI: 10.2166/wh.2010.099
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Gyula Dura, Tamás Pándics, Mihály Kádár, Katalin Krisztalovics, Zoltánné Kiss, Judit Bodnár, Ágnes Asztalos, Erzsébet Papp
Journal of Water and Health Sep 2010, 8 (3) 513-520; DOI: 10.2166/wh.2010.099

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