Monsoon returns, and so do drinking water safety fears

Epidemiology and Disease Control Division urges provinces and local units to stock medicines for water-borne diseases, test water quality and prepare for monsoon-related infections.

Testing of drinking water samples collected about a month ago from various places of Kathmandu district by the Public Health Office found hazardous microbes in over one-fourth of the samples. However, the office has since stopped the testing, meaning it is unaware of the quality of water that hundreds of thousands people in the capital city are drinking every day.