Groundwater quantity and quality may be affected by climate change through intricate direct and indirect mechanisms. At the same time, population growth and rapid urbanization have made groundwater an increasingly important source of water for multiple uses around the world, including southern Af...
McGill, B.M.
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Altchenko, Yvan
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Hamilton, S.K.
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Kenabatho, P.K.
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Sylvester, S.R.
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Villholth, Karen G.
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[Complex interactions between climate change, sanitation, and groundwater quality: a case study from Ramotswa, Botswana]
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Complex interactions between climate change, sanitation, and groundwater quality: a case study from Ramotswa, Botswana
Billions of people currently lack clean water and sanitation. By 2050 the global population will have grown to nearly 10 billion, over two-thirds of whom will live in urban areas. This Voices asks: what are the research and water-management priorities to ensure clean water and sanitation in the w...
Jamwal, P.
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Brown, R.
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Kookana, R.
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Drechsel, Pay
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McDonald, R.
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Vorosmarty, C.J.
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Vliet, M.T.H. van
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Bhaduri, Anik
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[The future of urban clean water and sanitation]
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The future of urban clean water and sanitation
When urban areas expand without concomitant increases in wastewater treatment capacity, vast quantities of wastewater are released to surface waters with little or no treatment. Downstream of many urban areas are large areas of irrigated croplands reliant on these same surface water sources. Case...
Safe emptying and disposal of fecal sludge from pit latrines in rural areas has become a priority for the Government of Bangladesh. In this paper, we calculate the volume and characterize the hazards of managing sludge to identify technologies for safely emptying rural single pits. In Bhaluka sub...
Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Evans, B.
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Ahmed, R.
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Habib, A.
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Asad, N.S.M.
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Vuong, L.
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Rahman, M.
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Hasan, M.
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Dey, D.
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Camargo-Valero, M.A.
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[Pump it up: making single-pit emptying safer in rural Bangladesh]
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Pump it up: making single-pit emptying safer in rural Bangladesh
The study was carried out to assess the ef cacy of a standard Bio l toilet digester with regard to its ef uentqualityandtoevaluatetheperformanceofnewef uentpolishingoptionsbeingdeveloped by Bio lCom. In uent and ef uent were collected from 18 standard Bio l digesters connected to full- ush toilet...
Amoah, Philip
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Nartey, E.G.
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Schrecongost, A.
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[Performance evaluation of bio l toilet waste digester technologies in Ghana: the ef cacy of ef uent treatment options]
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Performance evaluation of bio l toilet waste digester technologies in Ghana: the ef cacy of ef uent treatment options
Kjellen, M.
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Vairavamoorthy, Kalanithy
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Donoso, G.
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[Stockholm World Water Week 2016: 'Water for sustainable growth']
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Stockholm World Water Week 2016: 'Water for sustainable growth'
The resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 25 September 2015 is symptomatic of the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus. It postulates goals and related targets for 2030 that include (1) End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agricu...
Ringler, Claudia
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Willenbockel, Dirk
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Pérez, N.
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Rosegrant, Mark W.
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Zhu, T.
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Matthews, Nathaniel
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[Global linkages among energy, food and water: an economic assessment]
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Global linkages among energy, food and water: an economic assessment
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore people’s perceptions, stated attitudes, and observed and reported behaviour to water and other environmental quality.
Design/methodology/approach: The study adopted a mixed method approach. It employed a cross-sectional survey design. Ten communiti...
Abraham, Ernest M.
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Martin, A.
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Cofie, Olufunke O.
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[Perceptions, attitudes and behaviours toward urban surface water quality in Accra, Ghana]
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Perceptions, attitudes and behaviours toward urban surface water quality in Accra, Ghana
Climate change is a complex and cross-cutting problem that needs an integrated and transformative systems approach to respond to the challenge. Current sectoral approaches to climate change adaptation initiatives often create imbalances and retard sustainable development. Regional and internation...
Mpandeli, S.
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Naidoo, D.
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Mabhaudhi, T.
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Nhemachena, Charles
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Nhamo, Luxon
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Liphadzi, S.
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Hlahla, S.
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Modi, A.T.
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[Climate change adaptation through the water-energy-food nexus in southern Africa]
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Climate change adaptation through the water-energy-food nexus in southern Africa