Clean water and Sanitation

abstract image. Clean water and Sanitation. By - Atharv,Vidit,Ujjwal,Sia,Ankita.

Clean Water and Sanitation. Communities need clean water to stay physically healthy and prevent diseases caused by a lack of adequate water, sanitation, and hygiene Sanitation is essential to children's survival and development . Behaviours , facilities and services together provide the hygienic environment children need to fight diseases and grow up healthy..

C lean Water. What does clean water mean? The USGS defines clean, safe water as “water that will not harm you if you come in contact with it.” When we're talking about clean water, we are often referring to drinking water, but it is also essential that water for all domestic use is clean.

Sanitation. What is Sanitation? Sanitation refers to public health conditions related to clean drinking water and treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage. Preventing human contact with feces is part of sanitation, as is hand washing with soap..

Extra Information Provided by WHO. Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) Safe drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene are crucial to human health and well-being. Safe WASH is not only a prerequisite to health, but contributes to livelihoods, school attendance and dignity and helps to create resilient communities living in healthy environments. Key facts In 2020, 54% of the global population (4.2 billion people) used a safely managed sanitation service. Over 1.7 billion people still do not have basic sanitation services, such as private toilets or latrines. Of these, 494 million still defecate in the open, for example in street gutters, behind bushes or into open bodies of water. In 2020, 45% of the household wastewater generated globally was discharged without safe treatment. At least 10% of the world’s population is thought to consume food irrigated by wastewater..

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