To study the knowledge of the usage of drinking water storage tanks among the community in the Bayanzurkh district

Abstract

Background: In Mongolia, because non-purpose plastic bottles are more common and cheaper, they are widely used to store liquid food such as drinking water, milk, and fermented milk by families. When drinking water is stored in non-purpose plastic water tanks, iron content is 2 times higher, nitrite is 11 times higher and ammonia is 48 times higher. Materials and Methods: 100 people who came to get water from well No.482, which supplies water to water to the residents of Tsereg downtown of the 2nd district of Bayanzurkh were surveyed using a random sampling method of cross-sectional research method. Results: 88% of all participants surveyed that they use plastic water tanks when they get water, 12% use metal tanks when they store water at their home, and 98% of them use plastic water tanks. When asked what types of materials are used to stir water from the water tank, 92% of the total participants use a ladle, for material, 54% of them use a metal ladle, and the rest of them used a plastic ladle. When they use water tanks, 82% of them bought at the black market, 18% bought at the trading center, for plastic water tanks, 88% of them chose because of their low price, 56% bought because of widely available, 79% bought because of taking less space at home, and 84% bought because of attractiveness. Conclusion: Our study shows that the majority of participants are using plastic water tanks when they get drinking water and store it. Due to the lack of knowledge about the usage of water drinking tanks and the lack of awareness of the label information of water tanks, they commonly use plastic water tanks.