Assessment of Bathing water and Beach Sand Microbiological Quality of Antalya Urban Beaches and Public Health Risks
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: Objective: It was aimed to evaluate the sea water and beach sand of beaches in Antalya in terms of microbiological.Methods: Sea water samples and sand samples from Konyaaltı and Lara beach were collected from the designated sampling points.Sand samples were taken from three different layers which were knee length bottom sand (DBK), wave zone (DZ) and dry sand (KK).These samples were examined by membrane filtration in terms of Esherichia coli, intestinal enterekok, Salmonella spp., yeast-Candida spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa.Results: When the general average distribution of sand, seawater and sand layer samples taken from Konyaaltı and Lara beaches was examined, it was determined that the microbial pollution in sea water was high.Conclusion: In resulting of our work, E. coli, in the samples, were 14% in Konyaalti beach and 6% in Lara beach.Intestinal enterococcus were also 22% in Konyaaltı beach and 30% in Lara beach.ÖZET Amaç: Antalya kent plajlarının deniz suyu ve plaj kumunun mikrobiyolojik yönden değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır.Yöntem: Konyaaltı ve Lara plajından deniz suyu örnekleri ile kum örnekleri, belirlenen örnekleme noktalarından toplandı.Kum örnekleri, diz boyu dip kumu (DBK), dalga zonu (DZ) ve kuru kum
Authors: Gönül Tuğrul İçemer, Ayşegül Topaloğlu
Institution: Akdeniz University
Language: English
Subfield: Water Science and Technology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3137052017