result The last water sample was collected last Monday, October 9, at the Quails River This has again been shown in water supplies of areas affected by protozoa of the genus Cryptosporidium Low presence of protozoa, for the second week in a row. All values were well below 0.1 oocysts per liter of water, the Ministry of Health reported in a press release.
At an environmental health presentation meeting held last Friday, 6 October, involving the Ministry of Health and the boroughs, it was decided to adopt the standards of the scientific guidance developed by the UK on this issue.
According to this guide, when the average of a series of results is The number of oocysts in 100 liters of water is less than 10. The above note explains that results are always expressed per liter, so the average should be less than 0.1 oocysts per liter of water.
On the weekend of September 9th and 10th, a gastroenteritis outbreak was declared in the city of Turiazon. Laboratory cultures of the patient’s stool showed that the causative agent of the outbreak was a protozoan of the genus Cryptosporidium.
These findings confirm the need to maintain Preliminary limits on water consumption in pipe network supply, and this must continue. These include not drinking tap water, not brushing your teeth with it, and boiling it for at least 10 minutes for cooking.
On Thursday, September 21, the Public Health Department extended these restrictions to three other towns (Novaras, Torreras and Los Fayos) due to the influx of water in the stretch of the Queles River where these towns draw water from the water supply network Cryptosporidium cysts were found.
Subsequently, the presence of protozoan oocysts was confirmed in the Soria stretch of the aforementioned river, prompting the involvement of other autonomous communities (Castile and León and Navarra) and national administrations.