Tips from gaining health

If you are a customer refill drinking water, try thoroughly before filling. The problem is, a water refill depot in Jakarta and surrounding allegedly contaminated with bacteria E. Coli are harmful to health. Well, it means that could endanger health.

Nuri Andarwulan, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, IPB, gives tips to keep you safe to consume drinking water refill.

Is drinking water can be drunk directly refill?

In principle, water refills are sold it suitable for consumption. But, that is safe to drink is that quality has been examined by the District Health Office or Local Municipality.

In essence, drinkable water must pass 3 eligibility requirements, namely in terms of physical, chemical, and microbiological. If these standards are met, the depot will be given a certificate of permit the Health Department.

Well, so do not hesitate, should be asked to see the certificate before buying it. Note also the period of validity, because this permission is not valid forever. Every 6-12 months should be checked depot products.

Can drinking water containing bacteria can be seen by naked eye?

Can not. To find out if there are bacteria in the drinking water had to be studied in the laboratory. But, you can physically detect whether water drinkable. Physically, drinking water should not have a smell, taste, and color (should be clear).

Through laboratory tests can be examined in terms of chemistry. Drinking water should be free of harmful chemical substances, such as heavy metals (mercury or mercury (Hg), lead (Pb) and Au) aluminum, iron, and chloride.

Meanwhile, in terms of microbiology, drinking water should not contain pathogenic bacteria (which can cause toxic disease). Bacterial pathogens are classified as E. coli, Salmonella typhii, and the like. Having had the sterilization process, AMIU should be directly consumed.

What are the dangers of consuming drinking water that has been contaminated with the bacteria E. coli?

The presence of coliform bacteria (E.coli bacteria belonging to this species) are commonly found in human and animal feces showed a low sanitary quality of water in the procurement process.

The higher levels of coliform bacteria contamination, the higher the risk of the presence of pathogenic bacteria, such as Shigella bacteria (causes diarrhea), S. typhii (cause of typhoid fever), cholera, and dysentery.

Therefore, drinking water should be free of any type of coliform bacteria and other pathogenic bacteria that can cause diarrhea, bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and nausea.

So, how to stay safe drinking water consumed refill?

Note sanitizing bottles. Here are the steps:

- Wash with soap bottles kitchen tools that are not scented. The goal is that does not affect the taste of water that will be filled later.

- Once clean from the soapy water, rinse the bottle with hot water (temperature 80 degrees Celsius).

- Then, cover tightly with plastic bottles with a net. Open the lid, just before the bottles filled with drinking water refill, so dust does not easily fit.

Also, do the disinfection efforts at home, such as drinking boiled water refill it on the fire to boil for a minimum of 2 minutes.