Question

The distance between the water source and toilet should be at least 10 meters

Answer 1

Explanation:

The distance between the toilet water source is 10-15 meters (Depkes RI, 2004).

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

The distance of water wells and surface water should be at least 10m(30ft) to decrease the risk of groundwater pollution.

• A pit latrine , also known as pit toilet, is a type of toilet that collects human faeces in a hole in ground.
• Pit latrines can be built to function without water(dry toilet) or they can have a water seal(pour-flush pit latrine).
• When properly built and maintained ,pit latrines can decrease the spread of disease by reducing the amount of human faeces in the environment from open defecation.
• This decrease the transfer of pathogens between faeces and food by flies. These pathogens are major causes of infectious diarrhea and intestinal worm infections.
• Pit latrines are a low-cost method of separating faeces from people.
• The World Health Organization recommends that the pits are built in a reasonable distance from the house , balancing issues of easy access versus that of smell.
• The distance from water wells and surface water should be at least 10m (30ft) to decrease the risk of ground water pollution.
• As of 2013 pit latrines are used by an estimated 1.77 billion people, mostly in developing countries.
• The Indian government has been running a campaign called ''Swachh Bharat Abhiyan''(Clean India Mission in English)since 2014 in order to eliminate open defecation by convincing people in rural areas to purchase ,construct and use toilets, mainly pit latrines.
• As a result, sanitation coverage in India has increased from just 39%to almost 98% in 2019.

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