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Public Perception of Drinking Water Quality and Health Risks in the District Vehari, Pakistan
Good quality water is important for health, energy and development but still not available to millions of people throughout the world. Anthropogenic activities are responsible to cause contamination of drinking water, which lead to severe health anomalies. The present study was conducted to determine demographic information of the respondents, knowledge about drinking water quality, sources of water treatment and sanitation and waterborne diseases. Questionnaire survey was conducted in different sites to collect information about the disease prevalence related to usage of contaminated water among the residents of District Vehari. Demographic information of the survey area showed that 54.2 % respondents were females, 56.9 % were un-married, and 59.7 % respondents were living in joint family setup, however, literacy rate of the respondents was not encouraging. Most of the peoples (61.1 %) strongly believed that drinking water quality affects their health. The highest number of population (75 %) used electric pumps and the lowest respondents (7 %) used sources of drinking water. Majority of the respondents (77.8 %) reported that their family members suffered from water borne diseases such as gastro, cholera, abdominal discomfort, while 22.2 % did not report any kind of disease. Data about treatment of diseases showed that majority of the population (73 %) got the disease treatment, while 26.4 % did not get any treatment. It was concluded that most of the peoples were not satisfied with their drinking water quality and reported more disease development.
Public Perception of Drinking Water Quality and Health Risks in the District Vehari, Pakistan
Good quality water is important for health, energy and development but still not available to millions of people throughout the world. Anthropogenic activities are responsible to cause contamination of drinking water, which lead to severe health anomalies. The present study was conducted to determine demographic information of the respondents, knowledge about drinking water quality, sources of water treatment and sanitation and waterborne diseases. Questionnaire survey was conducted in different sites to collect information about the disease prevalence related to usage of contaminated water among the residents of District Vehari. Demographic information of the survey area showed that 54.2 % respondents were females, 56.9 % were un-married, and 59.7 % respondents were living in joint family setup, however, literacy rate of the respondents was not encouraging. Most of the peoples (61.1 %) strongly believed that drinking water quality affects their health. The highest number of population (75 %) used electric pumps and the lowest respondents (7 %) used sources of drinking water. Majority of the respondents (77.8 %) reported that their family members suffered from water borne diseases such as gastro, cholera, abdominal discomfort, while 22.2 % did not report any kind of disease. Data about treatment of diseases showed that majority of the population (73 %) got the disease treatment, while 26.4 % did not get any treatment. It was concluded that most of the peoples were not satisfied with their drinking water quality and reported more disease development.
Public Perception of Drinking Water Quality and Health Risks in the District Vehari, Pakistan
Samina Khalid (author) / Behzad Murtaza (author) / Irum Shaheen (author) / Muhammad Imran (author) / Muhammad Shahid (author)
2018
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Public Perception of Drinking Water Quality and Health Risks in the District Vehari, Pakistan
| DOAJ | 2018
Public Perception of Drinking Water Quality and Health Risks in the District Vehari, Pakistan
| DOAJ | 2018
Public Perception of Drinking Water Quality and Health Risks in the District Vehari, Pakistan
| DOAJ | 2018