The Importance Of Safe Drinking Water For A Post Disaster Rehabilitation Project

Unsafe water supplies are often contaminated with infectious agents, toxic chemicals, and radiological hazards. In 2000, the World Health Organization and UNICEF identified some 2.4 billion people who did not have basic sanitation facilities, and 1.1 billion people without a safe drinking water supply. (Wagner, 2009) Some communities experienced diarrhea, caused by a variety of parasites, viruses, and bacteria that infect people as a result of contaminated drinking water or poor hygiene. In India, more than 500,000 children die from diarrhea every year. Like other tropical diseases, when diarrhea does not kill, it weakens, leaving people more susceptible to other infections, such as tuberculosis and HIV. (Whitman, 2008).

The water and sanitation problem in the developing world is far too big for charity alone. Water.org is driving the water sector for new solutions, new financing models, greater transparency, and real partnerships to create lasting change. Their vision: Safe

A survey was also conducted as part of the case study on Georges River, by asking stakeholders’ water-use habits, views on the issues surrounding stormwater pollution and catchment management issues. A number of questions were asked to explore the importance of engaging stakeholders in the water management improvements. This survey had increased local residents' awareness and have encouraged them to get involved in protecting and caring for the Georges River. The community survey highlighted a lack of concern about the quality of your water and knowledge of actions to conserve water. One survey respondent significantly stated “the quality and quantity of water is one of the utmost crucial issues facing us therefore it will need a resolute effort by individuals, groups and governments to be prosperous.”

Clean water and sanitation is the goal 6 of Sustainable Develop Goal, which is not only aimed to provide the clean water and sanitation for everyone, it is also for have high quality and sustainability of water resources. This goal targets to achieve the equitable and affordable of safe water for all by 2030, and also to complete the sanitation, provide better condition and end the open defecation, particularly pay attention to the needs of women and girls for better health. The goal 6 also includes to reduces the chemical polluted of the water, increasing recycling and safe using of water, ‘protect and restore the ecosystems, and increase using safely managed sanitation services’. Mostly, people thought they can take access to clean, safety

There is a huge amount of people who do not have access to clean drinking water around the world. This highly affects their health and growth. Forty percent of Africa’s population and fifty-three percent of Asia’s population, lack access to clean drinking water. The access to clean water is a complicated issue, often influenced by politics, economics, climate, and social structure.

Access to clean drinking water, piped directly into one’s household is not an option for millions households living in middle- and low-income countries. According to a 2015 World Health Organization (WHO) report, only 58 percent of the world’s population receives their drinking water from a piped connection which goes directly into their homes (WHO/UNICEF 2015). Households that leave their home to collect water rely on water sources that provide varying quality of drinking water. The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) defines improved drinking water sources as those constructed to provide protection from outside contaminants, specifically fecal matter (WHO 2012). However, having access to an improved drinking water source does not

Sub-Saharan Africa has the challenges with water sanitation. Only 68% of people living within the region have access to an improved water

According to Unicef, “Two out of every ten children do not make it to their fifth birthday due to a water related illness.” This crisis is preventable and 39% of Western and Central African people should not be living like this. Life is difficult for the people that do not have clean water. ¨Women and children walk up to three hours a day to get water,¨(Unicef). “Women spend more time collecting water than anything else,” stated by Water Changes Everything. “Women and children also carry up to 40 pounds of water every trip they make to get water,” states Water and Sanitation. The information is important because they do not have a good chance to get a job or education and therefore they live in poverty with no chance of having a productive life outside of their village. There are many global problems about this crisis. “The woman and children collecting the water do not get an education because they spend all day getting the water” (Water Changes Everything). “They still do not have proper sanitation water to drink or clean water,” states the The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “On an average year 1.5 million children die a year due to a water related disease,” states Water and Sanitation. This problem is solvable, and we can not allow 1.5 million children to die a year and not get an education. Research must continue in order to solve this

The sanitation of the country’s drinking water had worsened, after the massive 7.0 earthquake in January 12th 2010. The earthquake had a destructive effect on the entire country, including the present clean water supply.

In third-world countries, water and sanitation facilities are often scarce or unreliable. Contaminated water and poor sanitation are linked to transmission of diseases such as chorea, dirrhoea, hepatitis, typhoid and polio. Each day 2000 children die from diarrhoea caused by contaminated water an inadequate sanitation and hygiene and overall around 842000 people are estimated to die each year. These diseases have the insidious effect of reducing people’s ability to access education and earn income – 272 million school days are lost each year to water-related diseases.

Water is one of the most important sources of energy that keep humans from being dehydrated, not only that; it is an abundant resource that supports many life forms on Earth. With only one access to fresh drinking water, metropolitans from the Victorian period involuntarily have to use the water from the Thames River which also the place where their excrements were being released. From this point of view, we can be assured that water is the most important source that humans are in need. Water treatment plants were created to ensure that waters from different sources are safe to consume. Though technologies are invented to prevent future epidemic outbreaks, water supply is still a problem in many developing countries. More than 5,000 children die each year in Africa from consuming contaminated or dehydrated from the lack water. Without access to fresh water supplies, government officials have no choice but to receive aid from friendly countries. Up until today, a countless number of children are suffering from the lacking of

This report seeks to improve access to water and sanitation in developing countries in order to achieve better public health and save lives, also the role of local communities to improve water and sanitation. The standard of water and sanitation in developing countries is still a far cry from adequate. There are obstacles that delay the improvements of the topic mentioned above: limited amount of investment, lack of political will, and difficulty of maintaining the water and sanitation services.

The effects from lack of clean water on children in Ethiopia has become out of hand, and needs to stop. Millions of children die from lack of clean water every year. The children and families are forced to drink the dirty water contaminated with plentiful amounts of harmful bacteria. These bacteria cause diseases killing thousands upon thousands of children everyday. Ethiopia Water Project reports that “300,000 children die from waterborne diseases and it is the leading cause of infant mortality.” The Ethiopian government needs to make a bigger effort to educate the families about the effects of dirty water, and to bring clean water pumps to villages in order to allow everyone to be able to live a safer more abundant life. Children in Ethiopia

The purpose of the paper is to analyze peer-reviewed literature from my two disciplines Global Health and Sustainability. Through the use of these disciplines I will gain understanding of their origins and integrate them through their foundations and principles. Origin storytelling, core knowledge dissemination, generative tension making, and gatekeeping will help me to discipline these profiles thoroughly. Using my apprentice analyses skills I will breakdown the real-world challenges associated with clean water through the lens of sustainability and global health literature. Finally I will provide my thoughts and feedback from the research I found on clean water and how I found it possible

Walking through the Katwe slums in Uganda is a challenge. There is not a step one can take without stepping on trash or waste. Hundreds of thousands of people call Katwe, Uganda their home. There is one water source that all of the people gather water from and it is nothing close to clean. The slum’s scenery is mounds of rotting trash and ditches holding still water with banks of rancid waste. From all directions, children are seen lugging around jerry cans, some of which are almost as big as the kids themselves, for holding water—children who should be in school, or kicking a soccer ball with friends. Neil Ford (2010), the writer of an article published in African Business, reports that for seventy-three percent of the people in Uganda, this is their life and all that they know. He also claims that six hundred and sixty-three million people lack access to clean drinking water today. People in Uganda do not have access to clean water. They do not have the government support, funds, or proper resources to gain access to clean water. If they do not drink or use the water available to them, they will die; however, if they do drink or use it, the chances of them getting sick or dying are great. Wells often become contaminated, and river water is full of bacteria. Matthew Spowart (2012) says that even if the water is clean initially, it is often contaminated during transportation and storage because most people do not know the proper sanitation and hygiene methods.