Publication Date: 2022/11/06
Abstract: Swimming pools can be a medium for disease transmission through pool water intermediaries. Pathogenic microorganisms can enter the pond directly or indirectly through contaminated air, soil, dust, rainwater, human or animal waste, and shower waste. This study aims to observe the number of bacteria found in the water of the UNP, ABG, and Teratai swimming pools in Padang. This type of research is a non-specific observational analytic design with a cross-sectional research design. Samples were taken in the form of swimming pool water as much as 100 mL and a depth of 20 cm from the surface of the water. Each sample was taken to the laboratory to determine the number of bacteria present in each swimming pool. The results of observation I showed no bacteria in the morning or evening in the UNP swimming pool water, while in observation II there were bacteria with numbers exceeding the swimming pool water quality standards. Meanwhile, the ABG and Teratai pool water contained several bacteria that exceeded the swimming pool water quality standards in observations I and II, both in the morning and in the evening.
Keywords: bacteria, swimming pool.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7295649
PDF: https://ijirst.demo4.arinfotech.co/assets/upload/files/IJISRT22OCT554_(1).pdf
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