The Impact of Water Distribution Inconsistency in the Rural Settlements of Punjab and to Extrapolate a Nature Based Sustainable Technology to Enhance Livelihood

Yadhunath, Ramshankar; Nithika, Suresh; Vardhan, Ch. Bhanu; Venkatramana,; Shubhankar, Lalith; Vignesh, V.; Kavitha, C. R.; Mohan, Renjith

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“…People in India mostly use shared water sources for drinking, domestic and other non-domestic uses, where these water sources mainly include groundwater, water from nearby rivers, ponds, and harvested rainwater. The reliance on untreated sources is partly attributed to the irregularity and inconsistency of pipe water distribution systems (Yadhunath et al, 2020). To maintain water supplies, quality, and ensure a balance between usage and sustainability, competent monitoring and management are required.…”

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Assessing the Implications of Water Provisioning and Its Quality on Health Outcomes: A Micro level study in India Authors’ details

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Over the past few years, many nations have implemented a variety of initiatives, including policies and programs, with the sole purpose of enhancing the quality of drinking water to meet the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 targets. Even though water seems to be often easily accessible, the poor quality is mostly as a result of environmental factors and subterranean minerals that contaminate the water. This paper attempts to compares two rural water supply sources in Nagla Chandi village in Uttar Pradesh, India: untreated groundwater available via borewells and RO water from a water filtering system. The study discovered that subterranean minerals are the primary pollutants of unprocessed water derived from borewells, that serve as the main supply of drinking water. Even though the water from the alternative systems, the Jivamritam water filter (RO) met all the requirements for water purity, it frequently breaks down, forcing the community members to drink untreated water from the hand dug wells. The study also reveals a high incidence of water-borne illness. It further makes recommendations for maintaining and operating the RO system effectively. For the Village Water and Sanitation Committees (VWSC) and other neighborhood organisations to regularly assess the quality of the water and take appropriate corrective action, the paper recommends lowering the cost of water testing for villages.

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