Introduction.

The water supplied to households must be suitable for human consumption, it means, should be clean, have no color or taste, but above all must be free of microbes and parasites.

Objective.

Microbiological and physicochemical water properties were determined in a Bogotá slum; also, the living conditions were determined.

Method.

Descriptive cross-sectional study. Water used for human consumption were sampled in 25 houses, which underwent the physicochemical and microbiological analysis. In addition, a format of housing conditions was filled out.

Conclusions.

It was observed that the quality of water consumed by the residents of the neighborhood Villa Cindy meets all potability parameters required by Ministry of Health and Social Protection, Environment and Territorial Development in Resolution 2115 of 2007. 80% of the local people was living in decent conditions, 20% were invading the hillside of the Bogota river and lived in inhuman conditions.

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