Drinking Water and Waterborne Diseases: An Analysis of its Cognizance among Rural People of Haryana

Human requirements are met by water in numerous ways. Human life is not conceivable without water. Safe and widely accessible water is crucial for maintaining public health, whether it is used for drinking, food production or other home uses. Access to clean water and its improved and treated sources are able to stop the spread of water-borne diseases. Consuming contaminated water is a major factor in the transmission of the bacteria that cause water-borne illnesses. Along with the use of contaminated drinking water, poor sanitation and poor hygiene habits as a high incidence of water-borne diseases in India. The majority of rural Indians deal with numerous difficulties brought by unsafe and unclean drinking water. The major water borne diseases found in these regions were typhoid fever, hepatitis A and E, cholera, bacillary dysentery, various diarrheal disorders and other gastrointestinal illnesses. These diseases are causing pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, parasites and protozoa. The main objective of this study is to gather data on how well-informed the rural community is on safe drinking water, sources of safe water and diseases that are spread by water. Another goals of the study are to identify waterborne diseases, and associated problems and recommend solutions to address such problems in the study area. In the present study both primary and secondary data was used and fully summarized in the data analysis section.