The Statistics

• Around the world, every Year, due to lack of Safe Drinking Water, 18,00,000 people die due to water borne diseases
• In India, Every Year due to lack of Safe Drinking Water 6,00,000 people die due to Diarrhea
• Patients suffering from water borne diseases occupy 80% of the hospital beds
• Only 10-15% population has access to quality drinking water.
• No municipality in India can provide a continuous 24 hours safe drinking water
• Women in rural India spend an average 6 hours per day collecting and Transporting  water to their homes
• 21% of communicable diseases in India are related to unsafe water

The Truth

• India ranks a lowly 120th rank in the list of 122 countries rated on quality of potable water.
•  Although India has 4% of the world’s water, studies show average availability is decreasing gradually, it is estimated that by 2020, India will become a water-stressed nation.
• Nearly 80% of villages still don’t have any source of protected drinking water.
• The rural population of India comprises more than 70 cores people residing in about 10.42 lacks habitations spread over 15 diverse ecological regions, According to a survey, 80% of rural India diseases occur due to contamination of water and consumption of unhealthy water.
• The problems of chemical contamination is also prevalent in India with 180,000 habitations in the country are affected by poor water quality.

The hurdle

• The major chemical parameters of concern in water are fluoride and arsenic.
• Thousands of children and adults die who are effected due to flourosis in India ( Skeletal  and Non Skeletal Deformities )
• Iron is also emerging as a major problem with many habitations showing excess iron in the water samples.
• Despite huge expenditure, lack of safe and secure drinking water is never reached to the vulnerable sections
• Water continues to be a major hurdle and a national economic burden.
• On other hand the pressures of development is changing the distribution of water in the country.