Water Borne Diseases - Quite a number of human pathogens find their way into a susceptible host through contaminated water.
These pathogens often called waterborne pathogens, have the ability to survive atleast for a short period in water and thus water may act as a route of transmission for them.
Waterborne diseases are posing a serious threat to health since the potential of contaminated water to transmit disease is very high.
Often they lead to epidemics.
According to a WHO survey about 30.000 people die from water-related diseases every day.
About 80% of all illness in developing countries is water related.
