What are the harms of contaminated of water?

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Following are the harms of contaminated water.
Drinking contaminated water can result in many diseases: like Cholera, Diarrhoea, jaundice. etc. Dracunculus medinensis or Guinea worm is a nematode that lays its eggs in water and using this contaminated water causes dracunculiasis or Guinea worm disease or hard disease. This disease had once created havoc in Rajasthan.

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