Planning for the health impacts of climate change: Flooding, private groundwater contamination and waterborne infection – A cross-sectional study of risk perception, experience and behaviours in the Republic of Ireland

Musacchio, Arianna; Andrade, Luisa; O’Neill, Eoin; Ré, Viviana; O’Dwyer, Jean; Hynds, Paul

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2021.110707

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“…Insufficient precipitation and hydrological extremes lead to the drying of the surface water and groundwater resources, leading to inadequate supply to meet increasing water demands, while heavy precipitation and flooding can cause damage to water supply and sanitation infrastructure. Runoff from the various sources during heavy rainfall leads to direct contamination of surface water sources, such as streams and lakes. , Meanwhile, access to safe drinking water and sanitation is the one most important resilience strategies for long-term climate change adaptation as well as in emergency responses during and following a disaster or extreme weather event.…”

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Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene of Nepal: Status, Challenges, and Opportunities

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Access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) has been a challenge to south Asia’s rapidly growing and climate change-sensitive region. Nepal, a water-abundant country, faces obstacles to fulfilling the highly prioritized WASH Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6). This review offers details about Nepal’s WASH status from 2000 to 2020 with regard to the challenges Nepal had in delivering reliable WASH services to the people, as well as opportunities for a sustainable way forward, and provides insights that can be applied to other developing countries. From analysis of national-level assessments, estimates point toward healthy progress in extending WASH access to the population. However, large inequalities persist at the subnational level between urban and rural residents, between poor and rich residents, and between genders. Many local constraints such as a lack of long-term infrastructural capacity to provide and maintain WASH services, financial issues, and institutional and policy incompatibilities are some of the key factors that technical considerations and private sector involvement could address. We also propose roles for Nepal’s central, provincial, and local governments for identification and adaptation to the undeniable risks of climate change. Furthermore, there is a need to capitalize on the potential opportunities for developing a much-needed robust and climate-resilient WASH sector in Nepal, safeguarding the rights of future generations to safe and clean water.

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Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene of Nepal: Status, Challenges, and Opportunities

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“…The absence of post‐fire well inspection and testing studies has likely contributed to the dissimilar water use, inspection, and testing guidance. While past well water disaster investigations have been flood and hurricane focused, wildfires pose different contamination challenges (Balluz et al, 2001; Dai et al, 2019; Eccles et al, 2017; Keenum et al, 2021; Main et al, 2008; Mapili et al, 2022; Musacchio et al, 2021; Pieper et al, 2021; Presley et al, 2006; Smith, 2002, 2004). The goal of the present study was to better understand wildfire damage to private drinking water well systems and drinking water contamination.…”

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“…The absence of post-fire well inspection and testing studies has likely contributed to the dissimilar water use, inspection, and testing guidance. While past well water disaster investigations have been flood and hurricane focused, wildfires pose different contamination challenges (Balluz et al, 2001;Dai et al, 2019;Eccles et al, 2017;Keenum et al, 2021;Main et al, 2008;Mapili et al, 2022;Musacchio et al, 2021;Pieper et al Abbreviations: BTEX, benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, and xylenes; PAH, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which are a subset of SVOCs; SVOCs, semi-volatile organic compounds. Presley et al, 2006;Smith, 2002Smith, , 2004.…”

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Wildfire damage and contamination to private drinking water wells

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Following the 2021 Marshall Fire in Colorado, this study was conducted to better understand private well and plumbing damage and to develop public health guidance. More than 20 post‐fire drinking water well guidance documents with varied recommendations were found. Approximately 227 wells were located in the fire footprint. Seventeen properties were visited, and a subset of wells were sampled for organic and inorganic contaminants. Property debris was also collected. Benzene, toluene, and 19 semi‐volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) were detected in water extracts of property debris. No wells contained volatile organic compound contamination. Two shallow wells (12 and 15 ft) had debris contamination; one well contained notable SVOC contamination. One multi‐home unregulated well system was extensively damaged, lost pressure, and had not been repressurized 11 months after the fire due to financial and technical challenges. Study results highlight the need for follow‐up work to understand well system damage and household response.

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“…The implementation of such strategies is differentiated among nations, with some agendas more oriented towards mitigation measures and the transition to green and blue infrastructure, and others inclined towards strengthening adaptive capacities. In both cases, the actions that people may implement are determined by their perceptions of [1,2], exposure to, and experience with risk [3], which differentially affect social groups such as women or low-income sectors. Social differentiation within geographical regions and communities is an important vector of climate vulnerability [4][5][6] (ref.…”

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Perceptions of Climate Adaptation and Mitigation: An Approach from Societies in Southern Ecuadorian Andes

Iñiguez-Gallardo

Tzanopoulos

2023

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Climate research has steadily identified that public responses to the impacts associated with climate change are locally adjusted. These responses are mostly shaped by the prevailing socio-cultural knowledge systems underpinned by resilience thinking in the face of change and adversity. Despite the increasing scientific and policy attention to peoples’ perceptions of climatic changes and adaptive responses, there is still a lag in the more detailed probing and exploration of the local level demographic profiles related to the perceptions of and attitudes and responses to mitigation and adaptation strategies. This is of particular importance as the research, planning, and action concerning climate change mitigation and adaptation needs to be informed by and implemented within specific place contexts. Based largely on semi-structured interviews and complementary face-to-face questionnaires, this study focuses on southern Ecuador to identify people’s stances on climate change mitigation and adaptation and to investigate further the perceptions of farmers on adaptation. The results indicate a tendency among urban residents towards a pro-mitigation stance. Those with a pro-adaptation stance are mainly the residents of rural areas and farmers. Farmers appeared to be highly adaptive to climatic changes and are led by a self-assessed ability to adapt. Their adaptive responses vary according to the geographical place of residence, type of farmer, and age. The findings offer local level empirical evidence for designing effective adaptation strategies.

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Planning for the health impacts of climate change: Flooding, private groundwater contamination and waterborne infection – A cross-sectional study of risk perception, experience and behaviours in the Republic of Ireland

Cited by 29 publications

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Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene of Nepal: Status, Challenges, and Opportunities

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene of Nepal: Status, Challenges, and Opportunities

Wildfire damage and contamination to private drinking water wells

Perceptions of Climate Adaptation and Mitigation: An Approach from Societies in Southern Ecuadorian Andes

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