Essay On Water Hygiene

It has been estimated that a minimum of 7.5 litres of water per person per day is required in the home for drinking, preparing food, and personal hygiene, the most basic requirements for water; at least 50 litres per person per day is needed to ensure all personal hygiene, food hygiene, domestic cleaning, and laundry needs. The combination of several forces is likely to lead to a widespread problem of water salinity, with the ensuing detrimental health effects, in particular, for populations living along the coast and in deltaic areas. Discharge of domestic and industrial effluent wastes, leakage from water tanks, marine dumping, radioactive waste and atmospheric deposition are major causes of water pollution. A recent WHO review recommended a minimum of 7.5 liters per capita per day to meet the requirements of most people under most conditions. A recent study conducted in Wales and northwest England between 2001 and 2002 found a very strong association (p,0.001)

Water is also a basic requirement for the human body. The available quantity of freshwater is linked to human health in several ways: water for ingestion, water for hygiene and water for food production. Adequate water for ingestion and food preparation is necessary for human health. Estimates of minimum daily water intake range from 1.8 to 5 liters per capita per day (Gleick 1996). However, water consumption increases in warm climates, with physical activity and during pregnancy and lactation. A recent WHO review recommended a minimum of 7.5 liters per capita per day to meet the requirements of most people under most conditions (Howard et al.2003). Water is necessary for hygiene. The amount of water use varies with distance from the water source and climate. Where people must walk farther than 1 kilometer or spend more than 30 minutes for total water collection time, per capita water use drops to between 5 and 10 liters per day. At this level of service,