Drinking Water Quality in Rural India

Groundwater is of most important to rural development in many countries of the world. Since a result of its prevalent distribution, low development cost, and normally tremendous quality, it has been the basic resource allocating the quick development of improved domestic water supplies for the rural population and in many areas has also supported a major increase of highly dynamic agricultural irrigation (1). As a quality apprehension the ground water is frequently found to be contaminated with fluoride, arsenic, iron and salts. In recent years, Flurosis has emerged as major public health issue in rural India. At the technical level, some progress has been made in the development and use of field level diagnostic kits. Decentralization of health related monitoring at the villages needs to be institutionalized and this requires capacity development at all the level (2). Groundwater resources are so essential for meeting an arrangement of basic needs, from public health to poverty mitigation and cost-effective development. Because of high rates of thought required for irrigation, however, in some areas there is significant concern about sustainability of the resource base, because of declining groundwater tables and near immutable aquifer deterioration through saline intrusion. There are also additional sustainability concerns as a result of the increasing frequency of groundwater pollution from over- intensive or improperly managed agricultural encouragement exercises. This article discusses the various components that impact effective water quality management in rural India. Experience suggest that redesigning of data management programme at village, district and at national level, up gradation of district level laboratories and addressing technical, legal and institutional components should become the first steps in achieving effective water quality management and providing better health to millions of people living in rural India(2). It aim to raise consciousness of the key linkages between groundwater and rural development, and to make out appropriate technical and institutional move towards for improving the operational reliability of water wells and the sustainability of groundwater resources altogether (1).