Authors : Maria Luisa Baino-Salingay, Assela Pathirana, Jeroen Rijke, Peter van der Steen, Chris Zevenbergen, Nguyen Hong Quan and Ky Quang Vinh
Abstract: Addressing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in a developing country like Vietnam is not easy. The study aimed to address at least three of the 17 SDG, namely, good health, clean water and sanitation and life below water. This study conducted microbiological analysis on surface waters of flood vulnerable communities and concurrently done household community perception survey on four communities. A majority of 245 respondents were dissatisfied with the water quality of the surface water. The discontentment of the respondents were verified by microbiological results. In the highly urbanized communities of An Cu and An Hoa, the E. coli and T. coliform values were compared with the Vietnam set standards. E. coli mean values were 125-445 times higher than the max tolerable limit of 200 MPN/100 mL and the T. coliform mean values obtained were 23-74 times higher than the set max tolerable limit of 10,000 MPN/100 mL.
Maria Luisa Baino-Salingay, Assela Pathirana, Jeroen Rijke, Peter van der Steen, Chris Zevenbergen, Nguyen Hong Quan and Ky Quang Vinh, 2017. Microbiological Assessment of Surface Waters and Health Awareness of Four Vulnerable Communities in Can Tho City, Vietnam. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 12: 2644-2650.