Domestic water supply in rural Greenland – sufficiency, affordability and accessibility
Global efforts are still under way to ensure sustainable development goal 6 of providing enough clean water to sustain public health in many regions, and especially in the Arctic where the remoteness of communities and the harsh climate make water provision especially challenging. This study aimed t...
Published in: | International Journal of Circumpolar Health |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Taylor & Francis
2022
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9629074/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36309983 https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2022.2138095 |
id |
ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:9629074 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:9629074 2023-05-15T15:07:09+02:00 Domestic water supply in rural Greenland – sufficiency, affordability and accessibility Maréchal, Judith Y. A. Hendriksen, Kåre Hansen, Lisbeth Truelstrup Gundelund, Casper Jensen, Pernille Erland 2022-10-30 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9629074/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36309983 https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2022.2138095 en eng Taylor & Francis http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9629074/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36309983 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2022.2138095 © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. CC-BY-NC Int J Circumpolar Health Original Research Article Text 2022 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2022.2138095 2022-11-06T02:11:21Z Global efforts are still under way to ensure sustainable development goal 6 of providing enough clean water to sustain public health in many regions, and especially in the Arctic where the remoteness of communities and the harsh climate make water provision especially challenging. This study aimed to examine the sufficiency, accessibility, and affordability of water supplies in rural Greenland. The state of the water supply was investigated using quantitative data on infrastructure and demographics. Qualitative data on water-related practices and perceptions were collected through fieldwork and interviews in a selection of settlements. Generally, the supply of drinking water was found to be sufficient and affordable for most. However, access was severely constrained by the lack of piping to rural homes (20% were piped). The daily water consumption of residents from un-piped households was between 13 and 23 L/d/cap, i.e. within the basic access level according to WHO, which is in theory not sufficient to sustain public health. Several health risks could be caused by the low daily consumption in un-piped homes, and water saving practices induced by it – i.e. the use of shared handwashing basins, and household water storage, which could lead to degradation of water quality at the point-of-use. Text Arctic Circumpolar Health Greenland PubMed Central (PMC) Arctic Greenland International Journal of Circumpolar Health 81 1 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
PubMed Central (PMC) |
op_collection_id |
ftpubmed |
language |
English |
topic |
Original Research Article |
spellingShingle |
Original Research Article Maréchal, Judith Y. A. Hendriksen, Kåre Hansen, Lisbeth Truelstrup Gundelund, Casper Jensen, Pernille Erland Domestic water supply in rural Greenland – sufficiency, affordability and accessibility |
topic_facet |
Original Research Article |
description |
Global efforts are still under way to ensure sustainable development goal 6 of providing enough clean water to sustain public health in many regions, and especially in the Arctic where the remoteness of communities and the harsh climate make water provision especially challenging. This study aimed to examine the sufficiency, accessibility, and affordability of water supplies in rural Greenland. The state of the water supply was investigated using quantitative data on infrastructure and demographics. Qualitative data on water-related practices and perceptions were collected through fieldwork and interviews in a selection of settlements. Generally, the supply of drinking water was found to be sufficient and affordable for most. However, access was severely constrained by the lack of piping to rural homes (20% were piped). The daily water consumption of residents from un-piped households was between 13 and 23 L/d/cap, i.e. within the basic access level according to WHO, which is in theory not sufficient to sustain public health. Several health risks could be caused by the low daily consumption in un-piped homes, and water saving practices induced by it – i.e. the use of shared handwashing basins, and household water storage, which could lead to degradation of water quality at the point-of-use. |
format |
Text |
author |
Maréchal, Judith Y. A. Hendriksen, Kåre Hansen, Lisbeth Truelstrup Gundelund, Casper Jensen, Pernille Erland |
author_facet |
Maréchal, Judith Y. A. Hendriksen, Kåre Hansen, Lisbeth Truelstrup Gundelund, Casper Jensen, Pernille Erland |
author_sort |
Maréchal, Judith Y. A. |
title |
Domestic water supply in rural Greenland – sufficiency, affordability and accessibility |
title_short |
Domestic water supply in rural Greenland – sufficiency, affordability and accessibility |
title_full |
Domestic water supply in rural Greenland – sufficiency, affordability and accessibility |
title_fullStr |
Domestic water supply in rural Greenland – sufficiency, affordability and accessibility |
title_full_unstemmed |
Domestic water supply in rural Greenland – sufficiency, affordability and accessibility |
title_sort |
domestic water supply in rural greenland – sufficiency, affordability and accessibility |
publisher |
Taylor & Francis |
publishDate |
2022 |
url |
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9629074/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36309983 https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2022.2138095 |
geographic |
Arctic Greenland |
geographic_facet |
Arctic Greenland |
genre |
Arctic Circumpolar Health Greenland |
genre_facet |
Arctic Circumpolar Health Greenland |
op_source |
Int J Circumpolar Health |
op_relation |
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9629074/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36309983 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2022.2138095 |
op_rights |
© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
op_rightsnorm |
CC-BY-NC |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2022.2138095 |
container_title |
International Journal of Circumpolar Health |
container_volume |
81 |
container_issue |
1 |
_version_ |
1766338719385649152 |