• Dr. Khushboo

In the context of Bihar, as per the report published by NSSO 69th round, in rural Bihar 924 per 1000 households have ‘improved source’ and 976 per 1000 households having ‘sufficient’ drinking water during 2012, which was far better as compared to all India (855). This clearly spells out sufficiency of improved and sufficient drinking water in rural Bihar. However, due to frequent breakdown of old assets, lack of repairs and maintenance, and irregular power supply prevents the sustainability of various technologies in rural Bihar for the provision of safe drinking water (State draft water policy of Bihar). In the context of district Sheohar, although the district has abundance of both surface and groundwater resources, erratic rainfall, siltation, water logging and riverbank erosion are among the issues that affect water quality and availability. In the aforementioned backdrop, the present study was undertaken to understand the utilization of improved water sources in Sheohar district and level of iron, arsenic, fluoride and zinc, E Coli and MPN contamination in different water sources through ground water testing. Both quantitative and qualitative data was collected under the study to understand knowledge, attitude and practice of communities in relation to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene.

Drinking water, Availability, Quality, Sanitation, Hygiene, Sheohar.

"STUDY OF WATER QUALITY IN RELATION TO DRINKING WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE OF BAGMATI RIVER, SHEOHAR, BIHAR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no.136-141, March-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2103408.pdf

"STUDY OF WATER QUALITY IN RELATION TO DRINKING WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE OF BAGMATI RIVER, SHEOHAR, BIHAR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no. pp136-141, March-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2103408.pdf