Monitoring Of Water Quality And Establishing Maintenance System In A Rural Community In Nepal
Shrestha, Santosh (2014)
Mikkelin ammattikorkeakoulu
2014
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2014111815908
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2014111815908
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This thesis is a part of the LEAP (Livelihood Environmental Awareness Project) Organized by CODEF (Community Development Forum) with the support of KEMA (Mikkeli- Kehitysmaayhdistys).
The study includes the water improvement systems and strategy to raise the awareness of water and personal hygiene for the community of Devichaur. The goal of this thesis is to minimize the number of diarrhoeal cases in the rural part of Nepal, Devichaur, situated in the Lalitpur district. The number of diarrhoeal cases observed in the Devichaur VDC is because of the drinking of contaminated water and poor personal hygiene. Analysis of water quality shows that water is contaminated with faecal pathogens. Likewise, faecal pathogen (E.coli) found from the hand hygiene test. The hand hygiene and water quality tests indicate that the source of water contamination is from contaminated hand of individuals. To assess the drinking water quality, Water quality tests for chemical, physical and faecal pollutants will be carried out with the help of available materials and methods. The result of the water quality tests will describe the need of water treatment methods to be adopted. The simplest way to find out the microbial alarming system for contamination of drinking water is one of the aim in this work.
The research target is to find out the most feasible technique to decontaminate the drinking water specially for the community residing in the rural part of Nepal. In addition, building the maintenance group to take care of the water management system is also important part in the study. After that, social, technical and environmental challenges for building the water treatment system is also studied. Besides improvement of the water quality, to educate the community about the effects on human health because of the poor drinking water and personal hygiene is major concern. Likewise, the information distribution about the safe sanitation to minimize the contamination of water source. In overall, this thesis will be helpful to assist socially and technically in setting up the pilot plant for water disinfection system and to replicate the system in other wards of the Devichaur VDC
The study includes the water improvement systems and strategy to raise the awareness of water and personal hygiene for the community of Devichaur. The goal of this thesis is to minimize the number of diarrhoeal cases in the rural part of Nepal, Devichaur, situated in the Lalitpur district. The number of diarrhoeal cases observed in the Devichaur VDC is because of the drinking of contaminated water and poor personal hygiene. Analysis of water quality shows that water is contaminated with faecal pathogens. Likewise, faecal pathogen (E.coli) found from the hand hygiene test. The hand hygiene and water quality tests indicate that the source of water contamination is from contaminated hand of individuals. To assess the drinking water quality, Water quality tests for chemical, physical and faecal pollutants will be carried out with the help of available materials and methods. The result of the water quality tests will describe the need of water treatment methods to be adopted. The simplest way to find out the microbial alarming system for contamination of drinking water is one of the aim in this work.
The research target is to find out the most feasible technique to decontaminate the drinking water specially for the community residing in the rural part of Nepal. In addition, building the maintenance group to take care of the water management system is also important part in the study. After that, social, technical and environmental challenges for building the water treatment system is also studied. Besides improvement of the water quality, to educate the community about the effects on human health because of the poor drinking water and personal hygiene is major concern. Likewise, the information distribution about the safe sanitation to minimize the contamination of water source. In overall, this thesis will be helpful to assist socially and technically in setting up the pilot plant for water disinfection system and to replicate the system in other wards of the Devichaur VDC