"Straight from the heavens into your bucket": domestic rainwater harvesting as a measure to improve water security in a subarctic indigenous community

• Main Authors: Mercer, Nicholas, Hanrahan, Maura
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2017
• Subjects: Indigenous; Health; Water; Security; Subarctic; Canada; Rainwater harvesting; Drinking water; Psychological stress; Indigenous communities; Black Tickle-Domino; Water insecurity; Water security > Newfoundland and Labrador; Drinking water > Newfoundland and Labrador; Water harvesting > Newfoundland and Labrador; Inuit > Newfoundland and Labrador; Inuit > Health and hygiene > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland; Tickle; Romeo; Black Tickle; Circumpolar Health; International Journal of Circumpolar Health; inuit
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10133/4961

Sherpa Romeo green journal: open access 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 c...