Coping With Water Shortages: A Case Study of Akola City
Abhay Junaghare
Broschiertes Buch

Coping With Water Shortages: A Case Study of Akola City

With a policy brief on 'health impacts of water shortages: assessment of preparedness of civic administration in towns'

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Of a population of roughly 6.1 billion, more than 1 billion lack access to potable water. The World Health Organization says that at any time, up to half of humanity has one of the six main diseases -- diarrhoea,schistosomiasis, or trachoma, or infestation with ascaris, guinea worm, or hookworm -- associated with poor drinking water and inadequate sanitation. About 5 million people die each year from poor drinking water, poor sanitation, or a dirty home environment -- often resulting from water shortage. (Tenenbaum, 1998) This above mentioned quote gives us the intensity of the problems due to...