There is scarcity of information about the safety of water in Banda slum of Kampala, Uganda and yet reports indicate outbreaks of infectious diseases such as typhoid fever and cholera. The aim of this study was to determine the risk of exposure to waterborne infections by Banda residents due to faecal contamination of water sources. Four hundred respondents were sampled and interviewed on the methods of water collection, treatment and storage. Water samples were collected with sterile glass bottles in duplicate from the dug well, protected spring and piped water system in December 2018 on two different consecutive days. They were transported to the laboratory for total and faecal coliform count analysis within 2 h using a lightproof-insulated box containing ice-packs. The mean Escherichia coli count for the dug well was 43 ± 18 c.f.u/mL. The protected spring had no detectable E. coli, but its total plate count level was 76 ± 1.4 c.f.u/mL. Only 46% of the respondents treated their drinking water using boiling and filtering methods. Poor sanitation and hygiene practices were observed. The total and faecal coliform counts of water sources were unsatisfactory making Banda residents highly at risk of infectious diseases, given the small number of residents that treated water.

在乌干达坎帕拉的班达贫民窟，缺乏有关水安全的信息，但有报告表明，伤寒和霍乱等传染病爆发。本研究的目的是确定班达居民因水源的粪便污染而接触水源性感染的风险。400 名受访者就水的收集、处理和储存方法进行了抽样和访谈。2018 年 12 月，在不同的连续两天，使用无菌玻璃瓶从挖井、保护泉水和管道水系统中收集水样，一式两份。使用装有冰袋的避光隔热箱，在 2 小时内将它们运送到实验室进行总大肠菌群和粪便大肠菌群计数分析。平均大肠杆菌挖孔计数为 43 ± 18 cfu/mL。受保护的弹簧没有可检测到的大肠杆菌，但其总菌落数水平为 76 ± 1.4 cfu/mL。只有 46% 的受访者使用煮沸和过滤方法处理他们的饮用水。观察到不良的环境卫生和个人卫生习惯。鉴于处理水的居民人数较少，水源的总大肠菌群和粪便大肠菌群计数不令人满意，使得班达居民极易感染传染病。