Risk perception, choice of drinking water and water treatment: evidence from Kenyan towns

Onjala, Joseph; Ndiritu, S. Wagura; Stage, Jesper

doi:10.2166/washdev.2014.131

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“…Women in particular seem more likely to struggle with the trade-off between convenience-of-access and perceived quality. Risk perception was recently shown to be correlated with propensity for treating non-piped drinking water in Kenya (Onjala, Ndiritu, & Stage, 2014), and our results suggest the potential for a drinking water intervention that educates communities about water quality and teaches residents how to treat their water. But alternative household water treatment technologiesdsuch as ultraviolet light or ceramic filtration, neither of which treat water instantaneouslydmay be hard-pressed to compete in an urban setting with the convenience and ubiquity of chilled, vended sachet water.…”

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confidence: 53%

Piped water flows but sachet consumption grows: The paradoxical drinking water landscape of an urban slum in Ashaiman, Ghana

Stoler

Tutu

Winslow

2015

Habitat International

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Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 53%

Piped water flows but sachet consumption grows: The paradoxical drinking water landscape of an urban slum in Ashaiman, Ghana

Stoler

Tutu

Winslow

2015

Habitat International

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“…This often leads to household disconnection of water supply. As such, many households switch to public stand pipes and springs as alternative sources of drinking water supply is similar to a study in Kenya where community preferred to use alternative sources because of high connection fees [15].…”

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confidence: 53%

Assessment of Drinking Water Catchments in Fako Division, South West Region, Cameroon

Esembeson

Nkenyi

Peter

et al. 2019

IJTDH

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Background: Without readily available water in sufficient quantity, and pathogen-free, man's progress is hindered. Globally, 2 billion people use sources of drinking water that are faecally contaminated and not appropriate for consumption. In Cameroon and specifically in fako division, due to acute piped drinking water shortage, the population uses alternative sources (springs and boreholes). Waterborne diseases are the second and third leading weekly epidemiological disease under surveillance in Fako. To find out some predisposing factors of waterborne diseases in Fako , and to meet up with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG): 6.1, by 2030, we sort to start with an assessment of the drinking water catchments in Fako, as we found paucity of studies. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional survey was conducted from January to May 2018 using quantitative and qualitative approaches. An adapted WHO checklist was used for observations around catchment, then a risk assessment was done with a semi quantitative approach. Qualitative data was collected through Focus Group Discussions and In-depth interviews. Results: Of the 15 water catchments assessed, none of them met all WHO recommendations. We found that 60% have anthropogenic activities at less than 100meters from the catchments with progressive reduction in water volume and risk of contamination. Meanwhile 20% were open springs and consumers fetch water with feet and container deepen in source, while 13.3% were surface water. There was no integrated catchment management with stakeholders in Fako Division. Conclusion: None of the catchments met WHO recommendations. An integrated drinking water management team and a periodic monitoring of these catchments is imperative.

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“…Other studies on drinking water services in emerging or less developed countries, point out that, although progress is observed worldwide in terms of a greater access to drinking water through the development of infrastructure [6], there is a growing interest, mainly among consumers, in having access to improved water sources and greater continuity in the service [7]. There is a relative abundance of international work examining improvement in access to running water [8][9][10]. However, studies examining water distribution among households and household groups are scarce.…”

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Inequality in Access to Drinking Water and Subsidies between Low and High Income Households in Mexico City

Morales-Novelo

Rodríguez-Tapia

Revollo-Fernández

2018

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Economic and population growth in Mexico City (CDMX) is the main cause of an increase in water demand against a naturally limited endowment, which increases the gap between water demand and supply. In a water scarcity environment, households are facing pressure to maintain their involvement in the city's only operating body, the Water System of Mexico City (SACMEX) total supply. The objective of this work is to measure the inequality in the distribution of drinking water and water subsidies between households connected to the public network of CDMX in order to generate objective indicators of the phenomenon. Having such information provides a baseline scenario of the problem and allows for the delineation of a policy covering the minimum levels of well-being in the supply of drinking water that is appropriate for the most important city in the country. The method consists of measuring inequality through continuous variables estimating the Lorenz curve, the Gini coefficient, the targeting coefficient and elasticity in water consumption and in water subsidies among households in CDMX. Data comes from a household survey carried out in 2011, Consumption Habits, Service and Quality of Water by Household in Mexico City (EHCSCA). Results show that drinking water and subsidies present a regressive distribution, benefit high-income households and, to a lesser degree, the poorest households in the city and highlight the urgency and importance for SACMEX to redefine its policy on water distribution, fees and subsidies. The present study's scope can contribute to the monitoring of the distribution of drinking water and of subsidies among household groups. The study justifies that the indicators employed in this work can be used and are recommended as a valuable tool in water management, especially in a dynamic environment.

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Risk perception, choice of drinking water and water treatment: evidence from Kenyan towns

Cited by 36 publications

References 26 publications

Piped water flows but sachet consumption grows: The paradoxical drinking water landscape of an urban slum in Ashaiman, Ghana

Piped water flows but sachet consumption grows: The paradoxical drinking water landscape of an urban slum in Ashaiman, Ghana

Assessment of Drinking Water Catchments in Fako Division, South West Region, Cameroon

Inequality in Access to Drinking Water and Subsidies between Low and High Income Households in Mexico City

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