Access to quantity and quality water: problems perceived by residents of village Palwa in Ujjain District
Kirti Deshpande; Rakesh Kakkar; Vishal Diwan
Indian Journal of Community Medicine 32(4): 295-296
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0970-0218 Document Number: 198365
This study investigated the accessibility to water, sanitary conditions of water sources, and identified purification and sanitary practices and problems with water scarcity to the residents of Palwa village of Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh, India. A total of 38 randomly selected households were included (response rate was 93%). The major source of water was groundwater through four hand pumps and one well. Of the 38 households, 32 of them (84%) did not have access to water within the household premises, and 21 (55%) had access to water source at a distance of more than 50 m. Only 12 (31%) reported of washing hands before drawing water from the vessels. The only water purification method known and practiced in the village was filtration using cloth or plastic sieve. Eighty-four percent reported problem regarding water facility. The main problem was scarcity of water (81.6%) especially during summer followed by excessive distance (42%) and polluted water (21%).