A study on the drinking water for some primary school in Seoul

서울지역 일부 국민학교의 음용수 이용에 관한 연구

  • Lee, Won-Myo (Dep. of Environmental Health Graduate School of Public Health) ;
  • Bang, Hyeong-Ae (Dep. of Environmental Health Graduate School of Public Health)
  • 이원묘 (서울대학교 보건대학원 환경보건학과) ;
  • 방형애 (서울대학교 보건대학원 환경보건학과)
  • Published : 1995.07.25

Abstract

The aims of this study are to enhance the students' knowledge of the drinking water and its reliability by investigating drinking water situation and the degree of students' knowledge on the drinking water. The results are as follows 1. Status and drinking behavior about school drinking water (1) 97.53% of the schools are using the tap water as the resource of drinking water (2) 46 schools are in possession of water tank and 18 schools of them are using the water tank as the resource of drinking water. The cleaning and sanitization of the tank are carried out once in a year with hypochloronatrium by the low-level officials, nurse teachers, and dietitian. 2. The degree of students' knowledge about drinking water (i) This survey represent that students favor the spring water best and think the tap water worst for drinking. (2) 83% of the students think that the tap water is polluted and these conception are formed mostly by the mass communication. 80% of boys and 90% of girls answered they don't drink plain tap water.

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