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- WHO's prescribed sanitary inspections are used to assess contamination risks in tubewells with handpumps, which are vital drinking water sources in rural areas, as a simpler alternative to lab testing.
- A study evaluated sanitary inspections in 324 tubewells across 9 Indian districts, revealing that while lab tests showed 62% safe sources, the inspections suggested varying, often higher, contamination risks.
- The findings indicate that the current inspection methods may overestimate risks, potentially leading to poor planning and financial mismanagement in water supply initiatives, signaling an urgent need for WHO to revise its inspection templates.
Article Abstract
WHO prescribes Sanitary Inspections in recommended formats for assessing contamination risks in Tubewells installed with handpump that often constitute primary drinking water sources in rural and remote areas. Sanitary inspections are easy alternatives to costlier and technically demanding laboratory water quality analysis. However, their efficacy remains uncertain despite decades of widespread usage. This study evaluates sanitary inspections by assessing contamination risk in 324 Tubewells with handpump across 9 districts in India. Results indicate that 62% of sampled sources were safe in lab analysis, despite sanitary inspections indicating varying risks. This implies that WHO prescribed inspections yield higher risks, and overestimated risk perception are likely to skew planning and policy, resulting in budgetary over-allocations and financial mismanagement in water-supplies. There is thus an urgent need to review and revise WHO prescribed sanitary inspection templates.
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