Abstract

Street food plays a particularly important role in urban centers, where rapid urbanization and economic difficulties have led to an increase in restaurants. However, hygiene in these establishments is often problematic. This study aims to evaluate the quality of drinking water provided in the inexpensive restaurants of the city of Dimbokro. To achieve this, water samples were collected, resulting in a total of thirty samples. The classical physicochemical parameters were determined using spectrophotometric and electrochemical methods, while bacteriological analyses were conducted using the membrane filtration technique. The results revealed that the analyzed waters were weakly mineralized and all contained numerous germs, including Enterococcus faecalis, total coliforms (TC), thermotolerant coliforms (TTC), Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas species, and anaerobic sulfite-reducing germs.

Key words: Water quality, physico-chemical, bacteriological, hygiene.