The study aimed to carry out bacteriological analysis of the water used for human consumption at Sítio Bela Vista in the city of Barbalha, Ceará, to evaluate the presence of total coliforms and Escherichia coli in the samples, as well as the hygienic-sanitary conditions close to the spring. Three collections were made in sterile borosilicate glass flasks with an interval of eight days between them, from the spr...