HOW TO IMPROVE VILLAGE WELL

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Title: HOW TO IMPROVE VILLAGE WELL
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THE VILLAGE WELL BELONGS TO THE COMMUNITY
BAD PRACTICES WILL BRING SICKNESS AND DISEASE TO ALL THE
PEOPLE WHO DEPEND ON THE WELL FOR THEIR WATER

THE LOCATION OF A WELL IS MOST IMPORTANT.
IF IT IS ON LOW GROUND, WATER FROM SURROUNDING HIGH GROUND
WILL DRAIN INTO THE WELL, BRINGING GERMS WHICH CAUSE SICKNESS

HUMAN WASTE CONTAINS MANY SICKNESS-PRODUCING GERMS.
THE GERMS WHICH CAUSE SICKNESS WILL SEEP INTO AN UNLINED WELL

DIRTY

WATER FROM THE BODY ALSO CONTAINS GERMS WHICH
CAUSE SICKNESS.

WASH WATER FROM DIRTY CLOTHES

CONTAINS

GERMS TOO.

THIS MAN IS SICK.
THE WATER THAT TOUCHES HIM AND DRAINS INTO THE WELL WILL
POLLUTE THE WATER IN THE WELL.
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SPILLAGE FROM WELLS FORMS POOLS
WHERE MALARIA-SPREADING MOSQUITOES AND OTHER
DISEASE-CARRYING INSECTS BREED.

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THIS IMPROVED WELL HAS A WAIER-IIGHI LINING EXI ENDING 10 FEET
OR MORE BELOW GROUND. THE PUCCATOP IS BUILT UP 2 FEET ABOVE
GROUND AND HAS A WATER-TIGHT COVER. WATER IS DRAWN BY
SANITARY HANDPUMPS RATHER THAN BUCKETS AND ROPES.

YOUR LATRINES SHOULD BE FAR AWAY FROM THE WELL AND
AT A LOWER GROUND LEVEL TO BE SURE THAT
NO SICKNESS-PRODUCING GERMS SEEP INTO THE WELL.

PUCCA BATHING AND WASHING PLATFORM
HELP PREVENT TRANSFER OF GERMS
FROM SICK PEOPLE TO HEALTHY PEOPLE.

A MODERN WELL SHOULD HAVE PUCCA WATER TROUGHS FOR CATTLE

DRAINAGE FROM A WELL CAN BE HELPFUL TO THE COMMUNITY.
WASTE WATER CAN BE USED FOR IRRIGATION AND
NOT ALLOWED TO COLLECT IN POOLS WHICH FORM BREEDING PLACES
FOR DISEASE-CARRYING MOSQUITOES AND OTHER INJECTS.

IF YOU WANT TO BE SURE YOUR WATER IS SAFE,
ASK THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO TAKE
A SAMPLE OF YOUR WATER AND HAVE IT TESTED.

COMMUNITY HEALTH CELL
THE WELL BELONGS TO THE VILLAGE.
226. V Mein, I Block
IT MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE TO EVERY ONE. Kotam<ngaj3
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CLEAN WATER MEANS A HEALTHY VILLAGE.
India
EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO GOOD HEALTH

Sickness is spread by pollution of wells, caused by «
I.

Improper drainage

2. Seepage from human waste
3. Dirty water from

human bodies

4. Dirty water from clothes
5. Infected water from the sick
6. Polluted water from cattle

Improve your well and prevent pollution by :
I. Lining your well

2. Covering your well
3. Installing sanitary hand pumps

4. Building pucca cattle troughs
5. Building p r.ca bathing platforms

6. Providing drainage for waste water

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TECHNICAL COOPERATION,
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