Waterborne diseases

Summary It has been reported that by the year 2000 in May, there was an outbreak of the waterborne disease in the richest province of Canada which is the moderately prosperous town of around 5,000 people. This disease resulted in killing around 7 people and also caused various serious illnesses in many other people. This contamination was however based on the tracing of the source which has been identified around 22 years back as being the major risk. The operators of the system were oblivious regarding

cause of waterborne diseases can be caused by many types of organisms, toxic contamination, and biotoxins that can lead to life threatening diseases such as cholera, gastrointestinal issues, and schistosomiasis. Most of the outbreaks of waterborne diseases tend to occur when there is a severe precipitation event and it is usually during snowfall and rainfall seasons. This happens when the climate changes leading to higher levels of frequency during precipitation events. Some of the diseases caused

Cholera is a waterborne diarrheal disease that can be severely detrimental to a person’s health if not treated properly. According to the World Health Organization, cholera is a bacterial disease that originated in India in the 19th century, with seven pandemics spreading around the globe and killing millions of people.1 The current pandemic is still around, and cholera in present times is estimated to affect anywhere from 1.4 to 4.3 million children and adults every year.1 The disease is especially

countries is the disease burden. Waterborne diseases make a major contribution to diseases’ burden in the third world. As per the World Health Organization, waterborne diseases contribute to about 4.1% to the daily burden of diseases on the planet daily. WHO puts the contribution of sanitation, poor hygiene, and unsafe water contribution to waterborne diseases at 88% (Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 2011). Water

now 2017. The levels of lead present in their water can lead to childhood brain deficiencies later in life. The inhabitants of Flint wait in long lines for water bottles just to sustain themselves for one week. Each year, 4 billion episodes of waterborne illnesses result in 2 million deaths mostly among children. Cause of death stem from dehydration

unhygienic conditions and have such poor cleanliness behaviors that their contact to risks of incidence and spread of transmittable diseases are huge. Moreover, 786 million people don’t have safe drinking water. That shows their vulnerability to infectious diseases that is a major cause of the death for many among those. Sadly, water and sanitation related diseases results in some 60 per cent of the total number of deaths of children under five years of age. Toilets are still out of reach for more

but it is very time consuming; one bottle can take up to 6 hours to disinfect. SODIS has proven to be a very reliable way to clean water. In countries where people may have to drink dirty water, they can suffer from disease. According to the Centers for Disease

Water is a necessity. Americans are taught to drink eight cups a day and that three days without water will result in death. But what if the water itself causes death? Malawians suffer from unsafe water every day, contracting diseases and sometimes dying from the dirty water. Many organizations have already addressed and attempted to solve this crisis, but impure water continues to harm Malawians every day. Also, gathering water takes up so much time that the Malawians are unable to spend time on

substances related more to aesthetics. Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) refers to the maximum concentration of a harmful substance designed to protect human health allowed in the drinking water. Since even one organism ingested is capable of causing disease, there is no microbial presence level in water that is considered safe and the USEPA set

Comprising over seventy percent of the Earth's surface, water is undeniably the most valuable natural resource. Life on Earth would be non-existent without water because it is essential for everything on our planet to grow. The human body is composed of 50-80% water. Blood and muscles contain significant amounts, and approximately 95% of the brain is water. All body systems and organs need water to function properly, and will shut down without it. Most of the chemical reactions that take place in