Awareness among People for the Use of Pure and Safe Drinking Water in Rural Areas of Katihar District

Pure and safe drinking water is the prime necessity of the life of human beings. A large part of rural population lacks access to pure and safe drinking water. They usually use biologically as well as physico-chemically contaminated drinking water. In a study of drinking water qualities of some of the villages of Katihar district biological and physicochemical contaminations were recorded in higher concentration in river Ganga water (10.10×107L-1) followed by dugwell water and tubewell water. However, tubewell water of some of the villages especially near the river Ganges were found to be contaminated with arsenic