Comprehensive Water Safety Check

Answer 12 questions for a detailed look at your water safety and get actionable advice.

1. What is the main source of your household's drinking water?

2. Before drinking, how is your water typically treated?

3. How often do you wash your hands with soap before preparing food or eating?

4. What kind of toilet facility does your household primarily use?

5. In the last 7 days, have you or anyone in your household had diarrhea?

6. How do you store your drinking water at home?

7. Has your living area or water source experienced flooding in the last month?

8. How is your household's garbage disposed of?

9. How often do you wash your hands with soap after using the toilet?

10. How do you wash fruits and vegetables before eating them raw?

11. Are animals (like cows, goats, chickens) kept or do they roam within 15 meters (about 50 feet) of your water source?

12. Are many other people in your immediate community or neighborhood currently sick with diarrhea?