“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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Published in:International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Main Authors: Mercer, Nicholas, Hanrahan, Maura
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2017
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Original Research Article
Black Tickle
Black Tickle-Domino
Tickle
inuit
Subarctic
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5405442/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28422581
https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1312223
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Summary: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.

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