Towards “sustainable” sanitation: challenges and opportunities in urban areas

K Andersson, S Dickin, A Rosemarin - Sustainability, 2016 - mdpi.com
While sanitation is fundamental for health and wellbeing, cities of all sizes face growing
challenges in providing safe, affordable and functional sanitation systems that are also …

Methods of conducting effective outreach to private well owners–a literature review and model approach

L Morris, S Wilson, W Kelly - Journal of water and health, 2016 - iwaponline.com
Educational outreach programs have the potential to increase the occurrence of private well
testing and maintenance behaviors, but are not always able to successfully engage the …

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

A Musacchio, L Andrade, E O'Neill, V Re… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The frequency and severity of flooding events will increase over the coming decades due to
global climate change. While close attention has typically been paid to infrastructural and …

Principal factor and hierarchical cluster analyses for the performance assessment of an urban wastewater treatment plant in the Southeast of Spain

J Bayo, J López-Castellanos - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
Process performance and operation of wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) are carried out
to ensure their compliance with legislative requirements imposed by European Union …

[PDF][PDF] Investigating The Impact of Sanitation Infrastructure on Groundwater Quality and Human Health in Peri-Urban Areas

OP Atemoagbo - International Journal of Medical Science and …, 2024 - researchgate.net
This research explores the intricate relationships between sanitation infrastructure,
groundwater quality, and human health outcomes in the peri-urban areas of Gwazunu and …

Hygiene risk of waterborne pathogenic viruses in rural communities using onsite sanitation systems and shallow dug wells

Y Otaki, M Otaki, T Chaminda, Y Kishimoto… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
We evaluated the hygienic influence of onsite sanitation systems (OSSs) on drinking water
wells in rural Sri Lanka by determining the safe setback distance between wells and the …

Management challenges for a more decentralized treatment and reuse of domestic wastewater in metropolitan areas

MA Iribarnegaray, MS Rodriguez-Alvarez… - Journal of Water …, 2018 - iwaponline.com
In a case study located in suburban sectors of the metropolitan area of the Lerma Valley
(Valle de Lerma), in the province of Salta (Argentina), 24 informal decentralized wastewater …

Behavioral pathways to private well risk mitigation: A structural equation modeling approach

S Mooney, M Boudou, J O'Dwyer, PD Hynds - Risk Analysis, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Complex, multihazard risks such as private groundwater contamination necessitate
multiannual risk reduction actions including seasonal, weather‐based hazard evaluations …

Farmers' attitude towards wastewater use in Fars Province, Iran

F Sheidaei, E Karami, M Keshavarz - Water Policy, 2016 - iwaponline.com
Application of wastewater for irrigation is one of the useful approaches to alleviate the
shortage of freshwater resources. Although successful implementation of wastewater-use …

Drivers and barriers among householders to managing domestic wastewater treatment systems in the Republic of Ireland; implications for risk prevention behaviour

C Devitt, E O'Neill, R Waldron - Journal of Hydrology, 2016 - Elsevier
Septic systems that are malfunctioning, improperly sited or designed, present a
contamination risk to drinking water sources, and subsequently, to human health. However …