Bore wells then become improper areas to obtain drinking water and may carry water borne diseases.
The United Nations says there could be a second wave of deaths from the floods in Pakistan because of water borne diseases.
However, many communicable water borne diseases such as diarrhea, cholera, typhoid, etc arise when bore wells are not adequately maintained and remained uncovered.
Some 1.5 million children under five die each year from sickness caused by water-borne diseases.
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The foundation also conducts health camps, where doctors screen villagers for everything from water-borne diseases to chronic illnesses.
Ms Massai said water-borne diseases such as typhoid and diarrhoea may spread.
And although they cannot compete with aeroplanes for speed, or with water-borne shipping for volume, they could cover in a few days a distance equivalent to a six-week journey by ship.
The evidence from unglamorous sewerage and hygiene projects is that helping an extra billion people in this way will do much to reduce diarrhoea, cholera and other water-borne diseases that strike the poor disproportionately.
For instances, most fermented drinks need to be boiled at some points, which will kill off bacteria, thus living off alcoholic beverages in times of cholera, others for dysentery and other types of water-borne illnesses.
What health scientists are telling us is that climate change will bring increased asthma, more virulent allergens, medical emergencies from heat stress, the spread of water- and vector-borne diseases and increased severe weather events.
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Currently, Spirit is examining a series of specimens that were perhaps formed when wind-borne volcanic ash fell to the ground, mixed with water and eventually formed into layered rock.
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