Waters of human consumption and quality of life: case community “EL CACAO”, Mozonte, Nueva Segovia

Abstract

El Cacao Community, municipality of Mozonte, Nueva Segovia department is located to 234 km from the capital Managua. In winter they feed of the water of creeks and gullies, while in summer they feed of a water eye where there are some minimum installations for storage and distribution. Physicochemical studies, microbiological, pesticide and wave metals; determined the presence of diverse types of pollutants from chemically nature principally microbiological in these waters. It has shown that 123 persons use the source in study (54 % adults, 43% child and 3 % elders). The applied surveys to 24 family heads form El Cacao Community, show a relation between sanitary education and quality of the water, because the people lack of the knowledge of the hygienic sanitary procedure orientated to improvement of the living conditions. Demonstrating this way, the existing relation between educational level and the family´s income levels with the conditions of health observed and their relation with the water management form the source until the home. Concluding that the life expectancy of the persons in this community is low and this one below the national value (75.1 years).