ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2016
Seasonal Shifts in Primary Water Source Type: A Comparison of Largely Pastoral Communities in Uganda and Tanzania.
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- A Systematic Scoping Review of Access to Safe Drinking Water in Sub-Saharan Africa: Mapping Literature on Determinants, Interventions, and Policy Implications over the Past Decade and the Path Forward.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2024Article
- Health gender gap in Uganda: do weather effects and water play a role?International journal for equity in health · 2022Article
- The Association Between Rainfall, Temperature, and Reported Drinking Water Source: A Multi-Country Analysis.GeoHealth · 2022Article
- Modeling Exposure to Fecal Contamination in Drinking Water due to Multiple Water Source Use.Environmental science & technology · 2022Article
- Household Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Practices Impact Pathogen Exposure in Remote, Rural, Unpiped Communities.Environmental engineering science · 2021Article
- Seasonality of drinking water sources and the impact of drinking water source on enteric infections among children in Limpopo, South Africa.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2021Article
- Animal influence on water, sanitation and hygiene measures for zoonosis control at the household level: A systematic literature review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Review
- Comparison of methods to estimate water access: a pilot study of a GPS-based approach in low resource settings.International journal of health geographics · 2016Article
- Household water sharing: A review of water gifts, exchanges, and transfers across cultures.WIREs. WaterArticle
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Abstract
Many water-related illnesses show an increase during the wet season. This is often due to fecal contamination from runoff, yet, it is unknown whether seasonal changes in water availability may also play a role in increased illness via changes in the type of primary water source used by households. Very little is known about the dynamic aspects of access to water and changes in source type across seasons, particularly in semi-arid regions with annual water scarcity. The research questions in this study were: (1) To what degree do households in Uganda (UG) and Tanzania (TZ) change primary water source type between wet and dry seasons?; and (2) How might seasonal changes relate to water quality and health? Using spatial survey data from 92 households each in UG and TZ this study found that, from wet to dry season, 26% (UG) and 9% (TZ) of households switched from a source with higher risk of contamination to a source with lower risk. By comparison, only 20% (UG) and 0% (TZ) of households switched from a source with lower risk of contamination to a source with higher risk of contamination. This research suggests that one pathway through which water-related disease prevalence may differ across seasons is the use of water sources with higher risk contamination, and that households with access to sources with lower risks of contamination sometimes choose to use more contaminated sources.
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