Abstract
Water supply and sanitation are two important sectors in preparing a development plan in an area. Access to water supply and sanitation are basic human needs and rights. Worldwide, 71% of the rural population has access to improved water supply and 38% has access to improved sanitation. Bangladesh faces multiple challenges in the sanitation, hygiene and water sectors. According to the Joint Monitoring Report (WHO & UNICEF, 2012), latrine coverage stood at 56% by 2012, while the proportion of the population with access to safe water was about 81%. Moreover, in spite of concerted efforts to provide safe water, it is estimated that 25 to 30 million people are affected by arsenic contamination in drinking water. The main objective of this study was to assess the water supply and sanitation situation in the village of Dewanpur, a rural village in Chittagong, Bangladesh. By conducting an assessment one can determine water supply and sanitation coverage of this area and identify water supply and sanitation problems in the village and then propose solutions to improve water supply and sanitation coverage. This paper states the same purpose here.
Highlights
Background of the StudyBangladesh is an agricultural country
This study focuses on the water supply and sanitation process in the dewanpur village in Raojanunion, Chittagong and proposes some alternatives regarding the problems
From the overall water supply analysis it is found that 88.57% of the respondents use tubes well as their drinking water source while 8.57% of them use pond or river and rest use other sources for drinking water
Summary
It has a land of 147,570 square kilometers among which 6.4% is water. It has 146,888 million populations and the population density is about 1033.5/km (Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics). Most of the people of this country live in villages. About 70% of the total people of this country live in ru-. Assessment of Water Supply and Sanitation in Dewanpur Village, Chittagong.
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