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ReviewJournal of environmental and public health2018

A Review of Roof Harvested Rainwater in Australia.

Chirhakarhula E Chubaka, Harriet Whiley, John W Edwards, Kirstin E Ross

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Review in Journal of environmental and public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Chirhakarhula E ChubakaEnvironmental Health, Science and Engineering, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5123-5342
Harriet WhileyEnvironmental Health, Science and Engineering, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
John W EdwardsEnvironmental Health, Science and Engineering, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
Kirstin E RossEnvironmental Health, Science and Engineering, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To address concern regarding water sustainability, the Australian Federal Government and many state governments have implemented regulatory mechanisms and incentives to support households to purchase and install rainwater harvesting systems. This has led to an increase in rainwater harvesting in regional and urban Australia. This review examines the implementation of the regulatory mechanisms across Australia. In addition, the literature investigating the potential health consequences of rainwater consumption in Australia was explored. Studies demonstrated that although trace metals such as arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, and iron were present in Australian rainwater, these metallic elements were generally found below the health limit guideline, except in high industrial areas. In addition, pathogenic or indicator microorganisms that include, but are not limited to,

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AustraliaDrinking WaterMetals, HeavyRainWater SupplyDrinking WaterMetals, Heavy

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PMID29606962
PMCPMC5828256

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