Healthy Water for Healthy Life

Water is termed as an elixir of life. It is one of the most important components to human survival. Water quality performs important role for all living beings. Waterborne diseases are very important in India due to high levels of biological contamination of water. Annually about 37.7 million Indians are affected by waterborne diseases, 1.5 million children die of diarrhea and 73 million working days are lost leading to an economic burden of $600 million a year. It has been an old practice in India that people dispose of their waste into river side and open defecation has been found very common. This practice cause pollution of nearby water bodies. The consumption of polluted water is usually connected with the occurrence of many deadly diseases. Rapid and uncontrolled population growth in India is a key factor to the main problem of water pollution. This paper provides a review on water pollutant load, causes of water pollution in India as well as the diseases resulting from the use of polluted water helpful to create awareness among people for maintaining healthy water to live healthy life