GIS-based analysis of drinking-water supply structures: a module for microbial risk assessment.
Int J Hyg Environ Health
; 203(4): 301-10, 2001 May.
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| ID: mdl-11434210
ABSTRACT
Water-related infections constitute an important health impact world-wide. A set of tools serving for Microbial Risk Assessment (MRA) of waterborne diseases should comprise the entire drinking-water management system and take into account the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) concept which provides specific Critical Control Points (CCPs) reflecting each step of drinking-water provision. A Geographical Information System (GIS) study concerning water-supply structure (WSS) was conducted in the Rhein-Berg District (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). As a result, suitability of the existing water databases HYGRIS (hydrological basis geo-information system) and TEIS (drinking-water recording and information system) for the development of a WSS-GIS module could be demonstrated. Spatial patterns within the integrated raw and drinking-water data can easily be uncovered by GIS-specific options. The application of WSS-GIS allows a rapid visualization and analysis of drinking-water supply structure and offers huge advantages concerning microbial monitoring of raw and drinking water as well as recognition and investigation of incidents and outbreaks. Increasing requests regarding health protection and health reporting, demands for a better outbreak management and water-related health impacts of global climate change are major challenges of future water management to be tackled with methods including spatial analysis. GIS is assumed to be a very useful tool to meet these requirements.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
1_ASSA2030
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2_ODS3
Problema de salud:
1_sistemas_informacao_saude
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2_enfermedades_transmissibles
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2_quimicos_contaminacion
Asunto principal:
Contaminación del Agua
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Abastecimiento de Agua
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Sistemas de Información
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Monitoreo del Ambiente
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Contaminación de Equipos
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Medición de Riesgo
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Hyg Environ Health
Asunto de la revista:
SAUDE AMBIENTAL
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Alemania