Drinking Water in Northwestern Alaska: Using or Not Using Centralized Water Systems in Two Rural Communities
"Over the last 100 years, there have been major changes in the way I??upiaq villages in Alaska have procured fresh water for drinking and other human uses. Since the 1960s, major funding has been provided by local, state, and federal agencies to install centralized water systems in these villag...
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ftdlc:oai:http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu:10535/6183 2023-05-15T14:20:29+02:00 Drinking Water in Northwestern Alaska: Using or Not Using Centralized Water Systems in Two Rural Communities Marino, Elizabeth White, Dan Schweitzer, Peter Chambers, Molly Wisniewski, Josh North America United States 2009 http://hdl.handle.net/10535/6183 English eng http://hdl.handle.net/10535/6183 Arctic 62 75-82 1 March water management globalization adaptation Water Resource & Irrigation Journal Article published Case Study 2009 ftdlc 2021-03-11T16:17:54Z "Over the last 100 years, there have been major changes in the way I??upiaq villages in Alaska have procured fresh water for drinking and other human uses. Since the 1960s, major funding has been provided by local, state, and federal agencies to install centralized water systems in these villages. These systems have arrived with great expectations, and yet many of them have a myriad of problems due to harsh weather conditions, low winter temperatures, and permafrost. Other obstacles to success of the water systems arise from local preference for traditional water resources. On the Seward Peninsula, some villages rely heavily on centralized water systems, while others continue to rely more heavily on traditional water sources. We demonstrate in this paper that local variables, including different environmental factors and a sense of agency in the modernization process, affect local choices about whether or not to use the centralized water systems. We conclude that local, culturally specific ideas about health and acceptable drinking water quality must be taken into account for these projects to be successful." Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic permafrost Seward Peninsula Alaska Indiana University: Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) |
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"Over the last 100 years, there have been major changes in the way I??upiaq villages in Alaska have procured fresh water for drinking and other human uses. Since the 1960s, major funding has been provided by local, state, and federal agencies to install centralized water systems in these villages. These systems have arrived with great expectations, and yet many of them have a myriad of problems due to harsh weather conditions, low winter temperatures, and permafrost. Other obstacles to success of the water systems arise from local preference for traditional water resources. On the Seward Peninsula, some villages rely heavily on centralized water systems, while others continue to rely more heavily on traditional water sources. We demonstrate in this paper that local variables, including different environmental factors and a sense of agency in the modernization process, affect local choices about whether or not to use the centralized water systems. We conclude that local, culturally specific ideas about health and acceptable drinking water quality must be taken into account for these projects to be successful." |
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Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Marino, Elizabeth White, Dan Schweitzer, Peter Chambers, Molly Wisniewski, Josh |
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Marino, Elizabeth White, Dan Schweitzer, Peter Chambers, Molly Wisniewski, Josh |
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Marino, Elizabeth |
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Drinking Water in Northwestern Alaska: Using or Not Using Centralized Water Systems in Two Rural Communities |
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Drinking Water in Northwestern Alaska: Using or Not Using Centralized Water Systems in Two Rural Communities |
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Drinking Water in Northwestern Alaska: Using or Not Using Centralized Water Systems in Two Rural Communities |
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Drinking Water in Northwestern Alaska: Using or Not Using Centralized Water Systems in Two Rural Communities |
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Drinking Water in Northwestern Alaska: Using or Not Using Centralized Water Systems in Two Rural Communities |
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drinking water in northwestern alaska: using or not using centralized water systems in two rural communities |
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2009 |
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North America United States |
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Arctic permafrost Seward Peninsula Alaska |
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Arctic permafrost Seward Peninsula Alaska |
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