Published in Opflow
The COVID‐19 pandemic has affected the water sector in many ways, shifting industry expectations, priorities, workflows, and more. But through it all, the mission of keeping drinking water safe and readily available remained a priority.
O artigo apresenta o resultado de um estudo bibliográfico sobre a história do abastecimento de água no Brasil. Partindo de um conjunto de doze textos (dez dissertações e duas teses) procedentes de Programas de Pós-Graduação em História, o artigo identifica aspectos relevantes para a construção de um conhecimento histórico sobre o tema; analisa proc...
Major environmental functions and human needs critically depend on water. In regions of the world affected by water scarcity economic activities can be constrained by water availability, leading to competition both among sectors and between human uses and environmental needs. While the commodification of water remains a contentious political issue,...
Poor nutrition and hand hygiene are risk factors for acute respiratory infections (ARIs). Safe drinking water and sanitation can reduce exposure to pathogens and encourage healthy immune responses, reducing the risk of ARIs. Within a trial assessing impacts of water, sanitation, and handwashing (WASH), and nutritional interventions, we evaluated ef...
Nitrate in drinking water may cause serious health problems for consumers. Agricultural activities are known to be the main source of groundwater nitrate contaminating rural domestic and urban public water supply wells in farming regions. Management practices have been proposed to reduce the amount of nitrate in groundwater, including improved nutr...
Praying for Water deals with several water related challenges in Bandung’s informal urban areas, first and foremost the lack of safe drinking water and proper sanitation. Although being based on the proposal for a decentralized water supply system, a rather holistic solution approach is followed. Beyond the use of appropriate technical components, ...
Published in Journal - American Water Works Association
Needless to say, the safety of treated water for potable reuse must be definitively ensured. Numerous methods are available for assessing water quality; it's important to understand their challenges and limitations. © 2019 American Water Works Association.
Published in Rand health quarterly
Gaza has long had water and sanitation challenges, but today it is in a state of emergency. Its dual water crisis combines a shortage of potable water for drinking, cooking, and hygiene with a lack of wastewater sanitation. As a result, over 108,000 cubic meters of untreated sewage flow daily from Gaza into the Mediterranean Sea, creating extreme p...
© 2019, Nature. A strategic mix of solar, wind and storage technologies around river basins would be safer and cheaper than building large dams, argue Rafael J. P. Schmitt, Noah Kittner and colleagues.
Access to continuous water supply is key for improving health and economic outcomes in rural areas of low- and middle-income countries, but the factors associated with continuous water access in these areas have not been well characterized. We surveyed 4786 households for evidence of technical, financial, institutional, social, and environmental pr...
