_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: aziyah960@uitm.edu.my; J. Pharm. Res. Int., vol. 35, no. 31, pp. 1-17, 2023 Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International Volume 35, Issue 31, Page 1-17, 2023; Article no.JPRI.109547 ISSN: 2456-9119 (Past name: British Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, Past ISSN: 2231-2919, NLM ID: 101631759) Emerging Drinking Water Borne Diseases: A Review on Types, Sources and Health Precaution Abdulmutalib Alabeed Alkamil Allaq a , Hadi Hamdi Mahid b , Esam Bashir Yahya c , Ali Mohammed Saleh b , Norrizah Jaafar Sidik a , Muhanad Abdullah Abdulsamad d , Nahed R. Saad e , Asita Elengoe f and Aziyah Abdul-Aziz a* a Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. b School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. c Bioprocess Technology Division, School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang 11800, Malaysia. d Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Sabratha University, 00218 Sabratha, Libya. e Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Benghazi, Libya. f Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Lincoln University College, Malaysia. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/JPRI/2023/v35i317462 Open Peer Review History: This journal follows the Advanced Open Peer Review policy. Identity of the Reviewers, Editor(s) and additional Reviewers, peer review comments, different versions of the manuscript, comments of the editors, etc are available here: https://www.sdiarticle5.com/review-history/109547 Received: 10/09/2023 Accepted: 17/11/2023 Published: 24/11/2023 ABSTRACT The global demand for safe drinking water become increasingly important in the past few years due to the growing world population, civilization and increase the sources of contaminations. Millions of peoples every year suffer from different waterborne disease, which may include microbial or Review Article