{"title":"Ensuring safe drinking water - Successes in rural Nepal","authors":"Carola Banziger, A. Schertenleib, Sara J. Marks","doi":"10.53014/rzpz8290","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53014/rzpz8290","url":null,"abstract":"Risk-based water safety interventions aim to ensure safe and reliable drinking water supply from source to consumer. In Nepal, water safety plans are increasingly being adopted, but evidence of their effectiveness in remote areas is still weak. This study presents new evidence on the effectiveness of risk-based water safety interventions in rural areas by analysing their effect on water quality, infrastructure reliability and users’ perception.","PeriodicalId":393895,"journal":{"name":"Water Science Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115787930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Nunez Sanchez, Greg J. Browder, N. Engle, Eelco van Beek
{"title":"An EPIC response to both floods and droughts","authors":"A. Nunez Sanchez, Greg J. Browder, N. Engle, Eelco van Beek","doi":"10.53014/buhk4944","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53014/buhk4944","url":null,"abstract":"The EPIC Response Framework presents a path for governments to manage floods and droughts comprehensively and synergistically – by generating a joined-up effort to harness water for development while reducing the toll from hydro-climatic disasters.","PeriodicalId":393895,"journal":{"name":"Water Science Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124284026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How widespread is fluoride contamination of Ghana’s groundwater?","authors":"Dahyann Araya, J. Podgorski, M. Berg","doi":"10.53014/ogjs9699","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53014/ogjs9699","url":null,"abstract":"Spatial modelling using machine-learning methods to predict fluoride occurrence in groundwater has vast potential in data-scarce contexts such as Ghana. Hazard risk maps can help inform health policy targeted towards communities at high risk.","PeriodicalId":393895,"journal":{"name":"Water Science Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117270207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why Water Matters: Land Acquisitions in sub-Saharan Africa","authors":"Lauren Kaplan","doi":"10.53014/ezcx4353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53014/ezcx4353","url":null,"abstract":"As global investors increasingly grab land in sub-Saharan Africa, the water dimension often remains unspoken. Such deals have detrimental impacts on local communities and the environment. As such, this offshoot of land grabbing must be scrutinized.","PeriodicalId":393895,"journal":{"name":"Water Science Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124781997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Julian, Xavier Fernandez Cassi, C. Ort, T. Kohn
{"title":"How wastewater informs COVID-19 policy in Switzerland","authors":"T. Julian, Xavier Fernandez Cassi, C. Ort, T. Kohn","doi":"10.53014/bhet9151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53014/bhet9151","url":null,"abstract":"During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, widespread clinical testing was unavailable in Switzerland. Researchers developed a robust, reproducible, and reliable method of accurately tracking SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome fragments in wastewater.","PeriodicalId":393895,"journal":{"name":"Water Science Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116506830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Consequences of uncontrolled irrigation water withdrawals in Lake Tana sub-basin","authors":"M. Taye, A. Haile","doi":"10.53014/fbyi9408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53014/fbyi9408","url":null,"abstract":"The Lake Tana sub-basin is one of the agricultural growth corridors for Ethiopia’s plan to expand irrigation. Subsequent uncontrolled water withdrawals in the sub-basin pose concerns of potential conflicts, water scarcity, and environmental damage.","PeriodicalId":393895,"journal":{"name":"Water Science Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115256751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"When rain overwhelms the sewers, antibiotic-resistant bacteria flood the river","authors":"J. Lee, Helmut Burgmann, K. Beck","doi":"10.53014/uxtn6398","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53014/uxtn6398","url":null,"abstract":"Wastewater treatment plants are ‘hotspots’ for antibiotic resistance genes and bacteria but sewer overflows exacerbate the problem by disseminating them into rivers. Swiss researchers suggest ways to minimise these effects.","PeriodicalId":393895,"journal":{"name":"Water Science Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122148239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Afnan Agramont, N. van Cauwenbergh, Ann van Griesven, M. Craps
{"title":"A socio-ecological perspective of river basins","authors":"Afnan Agramont, N. van Cauwenbergh, Ann van Griesven, M. Craps","doi":"10.53014/kfot1220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53014/kfot1220","url":null,"abstract":"The drivers–pressures–state–impact–responses (DPSIR) framework is used widely in water policy development but tends to oversimplify the complexity of river basins. Incorporating spatial and social considerations enhances DPSIR applications.","PeriodicalId":393895,"journal":{"name":"Water Science Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128783935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The power of story-telling for water and climate","authors":"B. Powell, S. Ransom","doi":"10.53014/hddj2412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53014/hddj2412","url":null,"abstract":"Looking back on COP26, we argue that there is power in telling stories about adaptation to water-related climate change impacts in Australia and the Pacific.","PeriodicalId":393895,"journal":{"name":"Water Science Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125671363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Floods as agents of vitality: Reaffirming human-nature synergies","authors":"Sayanangshu Modak, Surajit Ghosh","doi":"10.53014/rehq6535","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53014/rehq6535","url":null,"abstract":"The policy response for flood governance should be based on the premise that floods in monsoon-dominated landscapes such as the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) basin are inevitable.","PeriodicalId":393895,"journal":{"name":"Water Science Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128389635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}