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Shahab Akhter Kazi¹, Aneela Atta Ur Rahman² and Shahzad Akhter Kazi¹

ABSTRACT

Objectives: Objective of the study was analyse the drinking water quality of TMK and found related disease load

Study Design: A prospective, descriptive study

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at District Tando Muhammad Khan from 1^st January to 31^st January, 2017.

Materials and Methods: Water samples were collected from different water sources of the subject area and properly labelled in plastic bottles wrapped in aluminium foil and brought to water testing and surveillance laboratory packed in ice boxes for a physico- chemical and bacteriological analysis. The following methods shown in table 1 was used for water quality assessment.

Results: Results indicates that the water collected from different areas of TMK was not attained the quality parameters suggested by WHO standards for drinking water as the water showed high level of TDS and arsenic level consecutively was found positive inbacteriological examination.

Conclusions: It was sum up from study that contaminated water is the foundation of many human health linked issues.

Key Words: Diseases, Water Borne Illness, Physico-Chemical Analysis, Bacteriological Examination

Citation of article: Kazi SA, Rahman AA, Kazi SA.  Drinking Water Quality assessment and Related Diseases Burden at Tando Muhammad Khan.  Med Forum 2017;28(4):96-99.