“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,...
Published in: | International Journal of Circumpolar Health |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2017
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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 |
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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