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Continuous Hydrologic and Water Quality Monitoring of Vernal Ponds
Published on: November 13, 2017
[Study of long-term water quality of stocked drinking water]
Hiromi Kataoka1, Miki Kanaoka, Sayo Yamamura
1School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University.
Abstract:
We examined changes in the quality of drinking water stockpiled under various conditions for emergency use. The results indicated that the change in the quality of the stocked water was influenced mainly by the preservation period and not by the amount of water in the bottle. To maintain water quality, the amount of residual chlorine is less important than using sufficiently sterilized water, bottles and caps in the bottling process. Washing the bottles with a small amount of boiling water was not sufficient to ensure complete inhibition of microbial growth.
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