Definition: This is the process by which water is made safe for use from the point of collection to the final consumer.
Sources of Water
- Wells
- Boreholes
- Taps
- Water Bodies
- Rainfall
Stages of safe water chain
- Collection – modes of collection include use of pots, saucepans, jerrycans, buckets, basins, direct pumping, etc.
- Screeening – Sedimentation or Filtration
- Purificaton – Chemical method using chlorine agents like Water Guard and Aqua Safe.
- Storage – In safe water containers like pots, jerrycans, drums, tanks, etc.
- Consumption: By final user for drinking, washing, bathing, etc.
Diseases associated with contaminated water use
- Typhoid
- Cholera
- Dysentary
- Hepatitis A
- Bilharzia
- Polio
- Trachoma
- Meningitis
- Dermatitis
- Worm Infestation
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