Water is useful for us. Hence it is essen­tial that we must use potable water other wise:

• By drinking dirty water we may suffer from fatal diseases like cholera, diarrhea dysentery, jaundice, typhoid, etc.

• Small particles of wood, sand, and straw present in impure water cause friction in| intestines and may lead to diarrhea.

• Sometimes eggs of different insects am worms like hookworms, tapeworms, el keep floating on the surface of water when such water is consumed this egj break out and produce adult worms insipid the human stomach. They keep on consuming the food absorbed by human body this way the person become weak as these worms consume needed nutrients.

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• Excess of water soluble salts like chlorides and sulphates of calcium and magnesium also cause some digestive disorders like diarrhea, etc.

• Water polluted by industrial pollutants like lead, zinc, chromium, nickel, etc. ad­versely affect human body.