“Straight from the heavens into your bucket”: domestic rainwater harvesting as a measure to improve water security in a subarctic indigenous community
Background: Black Tickle-Domino is an extremely water-insecure remote Inuit community in the Canadian subarctic that lacks piped-water. Drinking water consumption in the community is less than a third of the Canadian national average. Water insecurity in the community contributes to adverse health,...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:6d4948c1977e4458ae119659dd18f6fb 2023-05-15T15:09:58+02:00 “Straight from the heavens into your bucket”: domestic rainwater harvesting as a measure to improve water security in a subarctic indigenous community Nicholas Mercer Maura Hanrahan 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1312223 https://doaj.org/article/6d4948c1977e4458ae119659dd18f6fb EN eng Taylor & Francis Group http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1312223 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 2242-3982 doi:10.1080/22423982.2017.1312223 https://doaj.org/article/6d4948c1977e4458ae119659dd18f6fb International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 76, Iss 1 (2017) Indigenous health water security subarctic Canada rainwater harvesting drinking water psychological stress Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1312223 2022-12-31T12:35:48Z Background: Black Tickle-Domino is an extremely water-insecure remote Inuit community in the Canadian subarctic that lacks piped-water. Drinking water consumption in the community is less than a third of the Canadian national average. Water insecurity in the community contributes to adverse health, economic, and social effects and requires urgent action. Objectives: To test the ability of domestic rainwater harvesting (DRWH) for the first time in the subarctic with the goal of improving water access and use in the community. Design: This project utilised quantitative weekly reporting of water collection and use, as well as focus group discussions. DRWH units were installed at seven water-insecure households chosen by the local government. Results were measured over a 6-week period in 2016. Results: Participants harvested 19.07 gallons of rainwater per week. General purpose water consumption increased by 17% and water retrieval efforts declined by 40.92%. Households saved $12.70 CDN per week. Participants reported perceived improvements to psychological health. Because no potable water was collected, drinking water consumption did not increase. The study identified additional water-insecurity impacts. Conclusion: DRWH cannot supply drinking water without proper treatment and filtration; however, it can be a partial remedy to water insecurity in the subarctic. DRWH is appropriately scaled, inexpensive, and participants identified several significant benefits. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health inuit Subarctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Canada Tickle ENVELOPE(-67.733,-67.733,-67.116,-67.116) Black Tickle ENVELOPE(-55.748,-55.748,53.467,53.467) Black Tickle-Domino ENVELOPE(-55.748,-55.748,53.450,53.450) International Journal of Circumpolar Health 76 1 1312223 |
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Background: Black Tickle-Domino is an extremely water-insecure remote Inuit community in the Canadian subarctic that lacks piped-water. Drinking water consumption in the community is less than a third of the Canadian national average. Water insecurity in the community contributes to adverse health, economic, and social effects and requires urgent action. Objectives: To test the ability of domestic rainwater harvesting (DRWH) for the first time in the subarctic with the goal of improving water access and use in the community. Design: This project utilised quantitative weekly reporting of water collection and use, as well as focus group discussions. DRWH units were installed at seven water-insecure households chosen by the local government. Results were measured over a 6-week period in 2016. Results: Participants harvested 19.07 gallons of rainwater per week. General purpose water consumption increased by 17% and water retrieval efforts declined by 40.92%. Households saved $12.70 CDN per week. Participants reported perceived improvements to psychological health. Because no potable water was collected, drinking water consumption did not increase. The study identified additional water-insecurity impacts. Conclusion: DRWH cannot supply drinking water without proper treatment and filtration; however, it can be a partial remedy to water insecurity in the subarctic. DRWH is appropriately scaled, inexpensive, and participants identified several significant benefits. |
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“Straight from the heavens into your bucket”: domestic rainwater harvesting as a measure to improve water security in a subarctic indigenous community |
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