Tag: sewage

Because of urbanisation and expanding population, India’s sanitation, especially sewage, has become an increasing problem. An absence of bathrooms has caused open defecation in some areas, while increased sewage treatment and disposal methods are proven to lower diarrheal diseases by up to 60%. These illnesses, spread by water, are isolated from hygiene-based changes or promotion, but can still be prevented by better hygiene practices. One of the facts that should be considered is Poorer, slum areas are infamous for not having open sewage of any type, but also for lacking clean, running water. In Hyderabad, province, 86 of 124 towns failed to have either of those practices, and people that do are more likely than to not have contaminated water. Water treatment is important to the hea...