A contaminated source of drinking water in Kenya
Who will take the blame
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19270808 |
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| Authors | Awori J Hayanga (University of Michigan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 537-541 |
| Publication date | 2007-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7233 • E-ISSN: 1026-7476 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00207230701476362 |
| OpenAlex | W2021183409 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
A recent contamination of the water supply in a rural district in Kenya is used as a point of discussion. Many canine carcasses were dumped in a major water source. This highlighted one of the shortcomings of the privatization of water supply and sanitation under the Water Act of Kenya in 2002. In the absence of strict governmental regulation, there may be little reliability in the provision of safe water. Contaminated water sources may ultimately have significant deleterious public health effects where appropriate sanitation and purification standards are not met and once again the lowest socio‐economic groups may fare the worst. Water supply problems and poverty go together
Blame · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Natural resource economics · Open defecation · Poverty · Sanitation · Water resource management · Water source · Water supply · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Environmental Engineering · Environmental Science · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Medicine · Water Governance and Infrastructure
| Highly cited | No |
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