Privately owned wells are vulnerable to contamination and as such pose a significant public health threat to those who rely on them for domestic water use. While a myriad of studies have sought to individually examine well water quality or the stewardship behaviours among well owners and users, few have effectively explored the intersection between private groundwater contamination and human behaviour. Even hydrosociology, socio-hydrology, and socio-hydrogeology, which make cases for an integrated, transdisciplinary approach to water-related challenges, do not appropriately describe the full range or complexity of interactions between the hydrological, geological and human systems necessary for effective public health interventions. To respond to this gap, a novel framework is proposed within the Canadian context, building upon ecohealth principles, and applied to an exposure framework developed for private wells. This framework improves upon current hydrologically based approaches and provides a comprehensive coupled (social and physical) systems framing of risk within the context of private well ownership. Application of this conceptual framework may be employed to support both transformative public health responses and effective stewardship by well owners.

私人拥有的水井容易受到污染，因此对那些依靠私人水井供家庭用水的人们构成了重大的公共卫生威胁。尽管进行了大量研究以单独检查井水质量或井所有者和使用者之间的管理行为，但很少有人有效地探索私人地下水污染与人类行为之间的交集。甚至水文社会学，社会水文和社会水文地质学也提出了综合，跨学科的方法来解决与水有关的挑战，这些案例也无法恰当地描述有效公众所必需的水文，地质和人类系统之间相互作用的全方位或复杂性。健康干预。为了弥补这一差距，加拿大提出了一个新颖的框架，以生态健康原则为基础，并应用于为私人井开发的暴露框架。该框架改进了当前基于水文的方法，并提供了在私有井所有权的背景下综合的（社会和自然）耦合风险框架。该概念框架的应用可用于支持转型的公共卫生对策和井主的有效管理。