Household water safety & security planning approaches as outlined in national rural drinking waterrnprogramme guidelines were piloted using participatory methodologies in one block of West Bengal Staternin India. The assessment of water quality was done by collecting water samples from existing drinkingrnwater sources including from point of use and were analyzed for critical water quality parameters. Thernhousehold survey was done through purposive random sampling method (10,094 households) in the studyrnarea. The result of the study indicates that the present water supply in the block is inadequate vis-a-visrnthe perceived demand of the consumer. More than two-thirds of the water sources are unsafe on one orrnmultiple accounts. Very low level water safety awareness and poor hygienic practices are the realities.rnThe study attempted to correlate the poor sanitation, water quality both at source and user end withrndisease burden.
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