title: [The sanitary condition of well water in the Puławy region].
abstract: The objective of the examinations was sanitary hygienic assessment of well water within the Nitrogen Plant "Pulawy" area reach compared to the wells located some distance off the plant and within the Nałeczów resort. The samples were collected for five years (1996-2000) and examined for the following physicochemical determinations: colour, turbidity, flavour, pH, total hardness, basicity, chlorides, iron, manganese, nitrites, nitrates, ammonia, oxidizability and bacteriological determinations: bacterium coli and coli faeces as well as total count of microorganisms. The examinations showed considerable bacteriological contamination and that with nitrate nitrogen, iron, manganese and high turbidity of the well water examined. The wells in the N. P. "Pulawy" demonstrated a substantially higher level of nitrates, faecal bacteria and their total count. Well water is polluted due to uncontrolled activity of the N. P. "Pulawy", domestic sewage and industrial wastes, improper location of wells and in some cases, their wrong protection.
authors.affiliation: Katedra Higieny Zwierzat i Srodowiska Akademia Rolnicza w Lublinie 20-950 Lublin, ul. Akademicka 13.
authors.forename: Leszek
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tymczyna
authors.forename: Justyna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Odój
authors.forename: Janina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gołuszka
mesh_terms: D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000032:analysis; D011044:Poland; D014871:Water Microbiology / Q000592:standards; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D014881:Water Supply / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D014873:Water Pollutants