Potable water analysis in San Luis Neighborhood, Escobar District, Buenos Aires, Argentina. An Approximation for the integral study of water and life quality

Access to water is linked to the quality of life, to the notion of environmental and health risks. The study of water quality constitutes an observation to analyze processes of the social determinants of health. Our objective was to carry out an exploratory analysis of water in a neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, as an approach to studying water quality and quality of life in an integrated manner. Water sampling covered 45 points of entire surface of the neighborhood. Analyses of pH, conductivity, nitrite concentration, Escherichia coli and total coliforms were carried out. The results obtained suggest physical-chemical contamination that could contribute to the unfitness of the water for consumption in the neighborhood. The experience constituted a bridge to approximate, with empirical data, the conditions of vulnerability to which people living in the area are exposed.