<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The present study was carried out to assess the drinking water quality, hygiene and human health existing in the city of Jodhpur. About 89.8% of houses use household drinking water from supply, and the remaining 10.2% houses depend on public taps or other water sources. Similar results for sanitation and hygiene observed as 97% of houses did not have any garbage disposal facility and in all 10.6% did not have easy access to a sanitary facility. The results of physical and chemical parameters of ground water were above the drinking water standards, whereas in the case of household drinking water were within standard limits. The presence of total coliform, faecal coliform and faecal streptococci were showing water contamination which may be the cause of significant prevalence 5.0% (p &lt; 0.001) of gastrointestinal infections.</p></abstract>

The present study was carried out to assess the drinking water quality, hygiene and human health existing in the city of Jodhpur. About 89.8% of houses use household drinking water from supply, and the remaining 10.2% houses depend on public taps or other water sources. Similar results for sanitation and hygiene observed as 97% of houses did not have any garbage disposal facility and in all 10.6% did not have easy access to a sanitary facility. The results of physical and chemical parameters of ground water were above the drinking water standards, whereas in the case of household drinking water were within standard limits. The presence of total coliform, faecal coliform and faecal streptococci were showing water contamination which may be the cause of significant prevalence 5.0% (p < 0.001) of gastrointestinal infections.

Water, Sanitation and its Impact on Environment and Human Being – A Case Study

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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The present study was carried out to assess the drinking water quality, hygiene and human health existing in the city of Jodhpur. About 89.8% of houses use...

Water, Sanitation and its Impact on Environment and Human Being – A Case Study

Published Online: Jan 21, 2020

Page range: 11 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2019-0016

Keywords
drinking water quality, microbial contamination, human health, India

© 2019 Harcharan Singh Rumana et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Water, Sanitation and its Impact on Environment and Human Being – A Case Study

Published Online: Jan 21, 2020

Page range: 11 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2019-0016

Keywordsdrinking water quality, microbial contamination, human health, India

© 2019 Harcharan Singh Rumana et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
drinking water quality, microbial contamination, human health, India