Occurrence of Lead and Other Toxic Metals Derived from Drinking-Water Systems in Three West African Countries

Fisher, Michael B.; Guo, Amy; Tracy, J. Wren; Prasad, Sridevi K.; Cronk, Ryan; Browning, Emily G.; Liang, Kaida; Kelly, Emma; Bartram, Jamie

doi:10.1289/ehp7804

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“…In contrast, households receiving rural WaSH interventions are typically dispersed, remote, and/or difficult to access due to factors such as poor road quality and seasonal flooding. These challenges make ongoing monitoring, evaluation, and improvement logistically difficult, time-consuming, and expensive (Fisher et al 2020). Local artisans, supply manufacturers and importers, and WaSH implementing agencies may be geographically distant from recipient households, as they were in both here and the Ghana trial, making timely translation of evidence into action challenging.…”

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“…We assumed a 15% loss to the follow-up of households, for a sample size of 26 villages per arm, with 6 households per village. The sample size was increased to 50 villages per arm to provide adequate power to detect differences in source characteristics, functionality, and other chemical water quality outcomes of water sources at the community level, which are beyond the scope of this study but have been reported in part elsewhere (Fisher et al 2021).…”

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“…The SWSC intervention had been initially developed as part of a previously reported continuous quality improvement (CQI) project in Ghana (Fisher et al 2020). In brief, the Ghanaian intervention had been developed using the Lean Six Sigma CQI framework (Pyzdek & Keller 2014).…”

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“…In this study, we present the systematic adaptation of a safe water storage container (SWSC) using PDSA cycles. The original SWSC was first designed and implemented in Ghana (Fisher et al 2020), and here we describe its adaption for use in rural Burkina Faso. We describe the systematic adaptation process and evaluate the adapted SWSC intervention's impact on the microbial quality of HSW for consumption in a cluster randomized trial.…”

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Safe water storage protects household drinking water from microbial contamination, maintaining water quality and preventing diarrhea and other water-borne diseases. However, achieving high adoption and sustained use of safe storage is challenging. Systematic adaptation can address these challenges by improving contextual fit while retaining core functionality to protect water quality. We applied Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles to systematically adapt a safe water storage container (SWSC) intervention for implementation in rural Burkina Faso. This study describes the adaptation process and the impacts of the SWSC on Escherichia coli contamination in household stored water in a cluster-randomized trial with 49 intervention villages (274 households) and 50 no-intervention control villages (290 households). SWSC adoption among intervention households was high (88.9%). The intervention achieved approximately a 0.4 log reduction in E. coli contamination. Intervention impact was likely moderated by differential changes in improved source use across intervention and control households. Safe storage improves water quality when used consistently. PDSA frameworks can guide the adaptation of safe storage interventions to optimize adoption and sustained use in new contexts while preserving core functions that protect water quality.

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Adapting a safe water storage container to improve household stored water quality in rural Burkina Faso: a cluster randomized trial

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“…Lead in drinking water is an issue of global concern. 1 New research published in Environmental Health Perspectives documents the problem in previously unexamined areas of rural West Africa, 1 further indicating the wide reach of this harmful contaminant.…”

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A Fix for Fixtures: Addressing Lead Contamination in West African Drinking Water

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Exploring Ce3+ adsorption on clay minerals to propel the frontier of heavy metal sensing with clay-CeO2 modified carbon paste electrode

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Occurrence of Lead and Other Toxic Metals Derived from Drinking-Water Systems in Three West African Countries

Cited by 24 publications

References 28 publications

Adapting a safe water storage container to improve household stored water quality in rural Burkina Faso: a cluster randomized trial

Adapting a safe water storage container to improve household stored water quality in rural Burkina Faso: a cluster randomized trial

A Fix for Fixtures: Addressing Lead Contamination in West African Drinking Water

Exploring Ce3+ adsorption on clay minerals to propel the frontier of heavy metal sensing with clay-CeO2 modified carbon paste electrode

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