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Abstract

This study is an attempt to access water quality and the human health impacts associated with it. The area for the study is the Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, India. Key water quality parameters and their health issues are discussed. Surface water samples were collected from Ashwini and Giri rivers. These samples were assessed for physiochemical parameters like pH, turbidity, Total Hardness, color, Calcium, Magnesium, Total Alkalinity, Iron, Total Dissolved Salts, Chloride, Sulphate E. Colli, Total Coliforms and Fluoride. Microbial testing for Legionella and Vibrio Cholerae is done. Parameters were compared with BIS standards and are found to be within agreeable limits. Groundwater sampling was done from six locations for assessing Physiochemical parameters. It was found that the parameters at all sampling sites are within acceptable limits. For accessing the waterborne disease burden of the area, a health survey was also done in 12 blocks of Solan District by collecting data from the Chief Medical officer’s office. Data shows a rise in a number of cases of enteric fever from 2040 to 2929 from the year 2014 to 2018, a decrease in a number of cases of jaundice and viral hepatitis from the year 2014 to 2018. The number of cases of acute diarrheal disease and gastroenteritis shows a rise in the number of cases from 29923 to 44615.