Water Quality and Treatment Cost for Waterborne Disease in Rural Areas of Coimbatore District, India Manikandan.R* and Boopathi
American International Journal of Available online at http://www.iasir.net Research in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences ISSN (Print): 2328-3734, ISSN (Online): 2328-3696, ISSN (CD-ROM): 2328-3688 AIJRHASS is a refereed, indexed, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary and open access journal published by International Association of Scientific Innovation and Research (IASIR), USA (An Association Unifying the Sciences, Engineering, and Applied Research) Water Quality and treatment cost for waterborne disease in rural areas of Coimbatore District, India Manikandan.R* and Boopathi. S** *Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India – 641046 ** Professor, Department of Economics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India – 641046. Abstract: This study analysed treatment cost of waterborne disease by households in rural areas of Coimbatore district, Tamilnadu. A multistage sampling method namely systematic, stratified and proportionate random technique was used to select sample villages. 342 sample households were selected. Method of data analysis involved is descriptive statistics and linear regression for the sample households. The linear regression estimates, revealed the increase in the total expenditure per month, affected person children waterborne disease hepatitis and jaundice. Thus the cost of treatment for waterborne disease also increases. Keyword: Water Quality, Treatment cost, Water borne disease, Rural water supply, India I. Introduction Waterborne diseases are caused by contamination of water by virus, bacteria (cholera, typhoid fever, bacillary dysentery etc.), parasites, or chemicals. Water gets contaminated either at source level or while passing through pipes which are poorly laid and maintained, or in the homes when it is not stored properly. About 85 percent of the rural population in India is solely dependent on ground water; so quantity and quality are questionable.
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