ACCESSIBILITY, QUALITY AND SAFETY OF LIARD FIRST NATION’S DRINKING WATER SUPPLY

• Main Author: Bharadwaj, Lalita
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Water Network 2019
• Subjects: WEPGN; 5 Page EndUser Report; Drinking Water Supply; Safety; First Nations; Yukon; Mackenzie River; Canada; Liard; Upper Liard; Windid Lake; Kaska; Liard River; Mackenzie river; Subarctic; Watson Lake
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10464/14376

Safe drinking water is a pressing health issue for First Nations reserves in Canada. The number of water-borne infections in First Nations communities is 26 times higher than the rest of the Canadian population. Approximately 30% of First Nation community water treatment plants are in a high-risk ca...