72% of Bangalore’s water contaminated: Survey
People think that water crisis is the major problem in Bangalore. But a survey, conducted by a non-profit organisation had disclosed that only 28 percent of water in the city is potable.
The non-profit organisation started the survey from mid of January in all 198 wards of Bangalore city. The survey will be done on the basis of five factors like public amenities, environment, mobility, sanitation and water.
This week a report on water quality was released. The report pointed out that 72 percent of all the water samples collected from the household all over the city are contaminated.
A press release issued by the organisation said that the water samples from houses of economically weaker sections have 75.87 percent evidence of bacteriological contamination while water samples collected from upper middle class is around Rs 69.83 percent.
If sources are to be believed then 15 out of 198 wards recorded contamination across all samples collected. Only two wards recorded zero contamination across all the samples collected.
The survey team asked question to the people of randomly chosen household like method of delivery, continuity of supply, alternative sources of water supply in all the wards and sources of water.
The team has also collected 20 ml of water sample in a Bacteriological Field Test Vial. This is a procedure to analysis water quality. All these samples were kept in the vial for two days for test. Most of the samples turned black indicating bacteriological contamination.
An expert said that they have to check where water gets contaminated and how to prevent it. The expert also said that BWSSB engineers should be made answerable for this.
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