Water contamination: Burden and stratagems for control.

Abstract

It is tough to explain the exact degree of the significance of water to man in his strenuous climb up of the civilization ladder. It is certain, conversely, that without water there would be no life of any form in the world and that, without water readily accessible in ample quantity and free of pathogenic creatures, man's advancement is enormously hindered. Though with no actual counting possibility, billions of man-days of labour are indubitably lost yearly because of sickness and death from water-borne diseases. Ill-advisedly, the regions which can least afford this economic damage are the dwellings where such illness and death are most proliferating. The obligation for decreasing this terrific waste falls on governments and, precisely, on health managements. It is the aim of this critique to assist the government executives who must meet this task among the health medicals officers, public health administrators and civil or sanitary engineers who engaged in public health, and sanitarians.