Influence of Latrine Proximity and Type on Tubewell Water Quality and Diarrheal Disease in Bangladesh
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8375024 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Verónica Escamilla (0000-0002-0857-4338, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Peter S K Knappett (0000-0003-2567-9489, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory), Mohd Yunus (0000-0003-1116-4978, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research), Mohammad Yunus (0000-0002-8167-8555), P K Streatfield (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research), Michael Emch (0000-0003-2642-965X, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 299-308 |
| Publication date | 2013-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of the Association of American Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-5608 • E-ISSN: 1467-8306 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00045608.2013.756257 |
| OpenAlex | W2000647822 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 16 |
Diarrheal diseases are endemic in Bangladesh, where sanitation is poor, and untreated drinking water extracted from shallow (<43 m) tubewells could partially contribute to disease propagation. This study measures the effects of local population–environment context on tubewell water quality and diarrheal disease incidence. The study site includes six villages in Matlab, Bangladesh, with approximately 12,000 residents. Study data include monthly Escherichia coli concentrations for 100 wells, monthly diarrheal events for all children under five, and a detailed water and sanitation infrastructure database created through a submeter accuracy Global Positioning System survey. We developed sanitation metrics to measure the relationship between tubewell water fecal contamination and estimates of human fecal loadings at varying scales. The relationship between childhood diarrhea and E. coli in drinking water was measured for households that obtained drinking water from survey wells. Results show that tubewells surrounded by unsanitary latrines, latrine-polluted ponds, and higher population densities were more frequently contaminated with fecal coliforms. The analysis also showed that poor sanitation infrastructure might affect childhood diarrheal disease via tubewell contamination. Our findings shed light on the importance of integrating population and environment data to identify circumstances in which shallow well water quality is compromised and children are put at risk of contracting diarrheal diseases. Sanitation interventions should highlight the spatial separation of latrines and drinking water wells to limit contamination
Biology · Context (archaeology) · Diarrhea · Diarrheal disease · Environmental health · Environmental protection · Fecal coliform · Geography · Latrine · Open defecation · Pit latrine · Population · Sanitation · Socioeconomics · Water quality · Water resource management · Waterborne diseases · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Ecology · Environmental Engineering · Environmental Science · Fecal contamination and water quality · Medicine · Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
Safely Managed On-Site Sanitation
Spatially heterogeneous and neighborhood impacts of deep tubewells on childhood diarrhea in rural Bangladesh
Expanding disease ecology even more
The Urban Metabolism of Waterborne Diseases
Disease ecology in health and medical geography
A geography of residents' worry about the disruptive effects of contaminated sites
| Citations per year | 0.86 |
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |