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Liquid Waste Management In Rural Area

Author(s):

Patel Gauravkumar Natvarbhai , L.D.R.P-ITR, Gandhinagar; Prof.Vikas D.Bhavsar, L.D.R.P-ITR, Gandhinagar

Keywords:

Liquid Waste Management, Grey Water, Black Water, Soakage Pit, Leach Pit

Abstract

Disposal of waste water is a major public health problem in rural areas. Stagnant waste water smells bad and also acts as breeding place for mosquitoes resulting in spread of diseases like dengue, malaria, etc. Proper disposal and also reuse of waste water wherever possible will help in combating diseases as well as meeting water scarcity. In India generating liquid waste (greywater) of the order of 15,000 to 18,000 million liters. As a result, in the absence of proper disposal of solid and liquid waste (greywater and waste water from the hand pump), they are leading to vector born diseases such as diarrhoea, Malaria, Polio, Dengue, Cholera, Typhoid, and other water borne infections such as schistosomiasis.

Other Details

Paper ID: IJSRDV4I20898
Published in: Volume : 4, Issue : 2
Publication Date: 01/05/2016
Page(s): 579-580

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