The effects of racism, social exclusion, and discrimination on achieving universal safe water and sanitation in high-income countries

J Brown, CS Acey, C Anthonj, DJ Barrington… - The Lancet Global …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Drinking water and sanitation services in high-income countries typically bring widespread
health and other benefits to their populations. Yet gaps in this essential public health …

MAD water: Integrating modular, adaptive, and decentralized approaches for water security in the climate change era

A Wutich, P Thomson, W Jepson… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Centralized water infrastructure has, over the last century, brought safe and reliable drinking
water to much of the world. But climate change, combined with aging and underfunded …

Sociodemographic factors are associated with the abundance of PFAS sources and detection in US community water systems

JM Liddie, LA Schaider… - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Drinking water contaminated by per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is a widespread
public health concern, and exposure–response relationships are known to vary across …

Anaerobic Digestion as a Core Technology in Addressing the Global Sanitation Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities

XF Almansa, R Starostka, L Raskin… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Successfully addressing the complex global sanitation problem is a massive undertaking.
Anaerobic digestion (AD), coupled with post-treatment, has been identified as a promising …

Effect of community water service on lead in drinking water in an environmental justice community

JMD Gibson, A Desclos, J Harrington… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Multiple recent studies have found elevated lead (Pb) concentrations in tap water in US
homes relying on unregulated private wells. The main Pb source is dissolution from …

Social barriers to safe sanitation access among housed populations in the United States: A systematic review

A Kryston, CG Woods, M Manga - International Journal of Hygiene and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Nearly six million people residing in the United States do not have access to
safely managed sanitation. Housed populations may lack access to centralized wastewater …

Justice and injustice in “Modular, Adaptive and Decentralized”(MAD) water systems

AD Roque, A Wutich, SH Shah, CL Workman… - Water Security, 2023 - Elsevier
Centralized water infrastructure is challenged by climate change, infrastructure degradation,
underinvestment, and shifting water demands. In its place, scholars have argued for …

Sustainable wastewater management for underserved communities using federal infrastructure funds: Barriers, bottlenecks, and tradeoffs

MA Elliott, A Bakchan, J Maxcy-Brown, VA D'Amato… - Water Security, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite increases in federal infrastructure funding that could provide adequate wastewater
management for thousands of US communities, the pace of progress in small, underserved …

Sustainable Development in Rural Underserved Communities through Improved Responsible Management of Decentralized Wastewater Infrastructure: A Focus on …

A Bakchan, KD White - Environmental Science & Technology, 2024 - ACS Publications
Despite global efforts on meeting sustainable development goals by 2030, persistent and
widespread sanitation deficits in rural, underserved communities in high-income countries─ …

Exploring Demographic Disparities in Private Well Water Testing in North Carolina

W Hayes, CN Jones, KK Osman, LA Eaves… - Environmental …, 2025 - ACS Publications
The natural, built, and social environments shape drinking water quality supplied by private
wells. However, the combined effects of these factors are not well understood. Using North …