Challenges pertaining to drinking water quality and Recommendation of Investigated area

                                    Smriti singh 
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 Challenges pertaining to drinking water quality

•The population in rural areas of santal pargana are mainly dependent on the groundwater is often found to be contaminated with fluoride, iron as well as microbes.

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•In recent years, fluorosis has emerged as major public health issue in these areas.

   •Many of the remote villages are not accessible to regular monitoring by government agencies and NGO’s due to transportation and communication problems.

• most of the tribal people depend upon springs and streams for drinking water, but where people reside at a mid-point of the hills, these water sources are located at either top or bottom of that hill.

•The tribal women and children are spending their most of the time and energy to bring water from these sources.

•Children of these communities are dropping out of school due to the increased pressure to support their families.

• in the rainy season they frequently sustain injuries while bringing the water from these sources while attempting to navigate the difficulty hilly terrain.

Recommendation

•To overcome the situation, community based water quality monitoring may be initiated in the area to tackle the situation accordingly water sources selected with help of village workers, field workers for sampling and analysis.

•A team of lead community members and workers has to be trained to analyze the water samples on a periodic basis.

•Proper restriction of anthropogenic activities ( bathing, washing clothes/ utensils), excreta disposal, sewage disposal, idol immersion in water body.

•Proper conventional treatment and disinfection before consumption.

•Simple filtration of water and alum use during monsoon.

•Proper chlorination to maintain residual chlorine level as 0.1 mg/l at the tap end.

•Regular monitoring of water -  physical, chemical and biological properties and compare it from prescribed standard limits of WHO, CPHER, ICMR, ISI.

•Proper maintenance of borewell and dug well to avoid water logging and seepage.

•Handpump in good working conditions at community level.

•Proper sanitation and protection of open well.