The descriptive analysis is carried out using household-level datasets from 19 Demographic and Health Surveys, supplemented by country-level statistics. The results of the analysis suggest that, regardless of the indicators of urbanisation used, human capital has a significant positive influence on the...
At that time, CKDu was a major public health issue in Sri Lanka, with over 40,000 people suffering from it since the mid-1990s, statistics showed. In 2016, then Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena called the disease a "national disaster" that affected 20,828 patients and caused 5,0...
Near Abidjan, Ivory Coast’s port city and fast-growing economic hub, many communities live without clean water on the UN’s World Water Day. (March 22)(AP video/Hilaire Zon) 2 of 6| People get drinking water from a water collecting point at a slum area, in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday...
The judge acknowledged the improvement in Jersey City typhoid statistics but stated that the contract language was most important, “In the case in hand Jersey City bargained, not for water less polluted than that of some other cities, but for pure and wholesome water.” (Stevens 1908) At the...
Innovated and demonstrated Piped Water Monitoring System to measure vital statistics (quality, quantity, regularity, etc.) of the piped water scheme via Smart water sensors, with a Control unit to relay the information provided to a remote/cloud server, this system helps support decision making by...
and urban rivers-that do end up in our water.Despite these seeningly 23 statistics, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), which has also conducted a series of 24 tests on municipal (市政的) water supplies as well as bottled water, says,“In the short term,if you are an adult ...
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for to establish standards on so many of the pollutants - from industry, agriculture, and urban rivers - that do end up in our water.Despite these seemingly statistics, the Natural Resources Defense Council(NRDC), which has also ...
sustainability Concept Paper Making Fe0-Based Filters a Universal Solution for Safe Drinking Water Provision Elham Naseri 1, Arnaud Igor Ndé-Tchoupé 2, Hezron T. Mwakabona 3,4,5, Charles Péguy Nanseu-Njiki 6, Chicgoua Noubactep 7,8,9,*, Karoli N. Njau 5 and Kerstin D. Wydra 10 ...
Convinced residents now have access to quality drinking water on tap, 24 hours a day, and their consumption bills are also much lower since there are no losses in their premise storage and handling. The loop of continuous pressurised water supply is now complete. There is 24x7 water supply ...
For example, statistics from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) show that most landfills leak15. Further research has shown that 0.1%−0.4% of groundwater is polluted by landfills and industrial reservoirs. Landfill leakage may be even worse in developing countries because ...