The goal of our project was to assess the quality, monitoring, and treatment methods of drinking water in rural villages of Himachal Pradesh. To realize this goal we assessed local perceptions of water, investigated the relationship between water quality and public health, and measured the level of contamination. We found high bacteriological contamination in untreated natural water sources. The project resulted in recommendations to improve the current water quality testing program and to promote public awareness regarding drinking water quality.

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Creator

• Amod Kumar Choudhary
• Fong, Kent
• Grainger, Evelyn M
• Melanson, Randy A
• Salisbury, Daniel P

Subject

• Environment
• Water
• Sustainability
• Well-Being
• Infrastructure

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050217-080421

关键词

• Water-supply--Health aspects
• Rural development
• Water resources development
• Public health

Advisor

• Carrera, Fabio
• Nikitina, Svetlana

Year

• 2017

Center

• Mandi, India Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Indian Institute of Technology

Date created

• 2017-05-02

地点

• Mandi

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright