title: [The sanitary status of the well water in the Piedmont district in Sucha Beskidzka].
abstract: The objective of the present work was to determine a sanitary hygienic state of well water in the piedmont district of Sucha Beskidzka as well as to analyse factors affecting water quality. Water for examination was collected from 14 dug wells that were divided into two following groups with respect to their location, i.e. objects safe and endangered due to agricultural and living conditions of residents. The samples were gathered in 6 series over one year. There were made carbonate hardness, alkalinity, chlorides, iron, nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, oxidization and the following bacteriological determinations coli and faecal coli rod type, total count of microbes. The examinations indicated serious bacteriological and nitrate nitrogen contamination of the well water examined. The endangered wells demonstrated substantially higher level of nitrates, bacteria of faecal type and their total count. A considerable increase of nearly all parameters were reported in the intensive precipitation periods. Well water contamination in this region is caused by improper sewage management, wrong location and unsuitable well protection. Type and value of each parameter concentration is of similar character and indicate the same sources of well water degradation that appear at whole piedmont district.
authors.affiliation: Katedra Higieny Zwierzat i Srodowiska Akademia Rolnicza w Lublinie.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tymczyna
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gołuszka
mesh_terms: D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D006801:Humans; D011044:Poland; D012499:Sanitation / Q000592:standards*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014881:Water Supply / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D014867:Water