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Editors’ Introduction Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2021-03-02 Raya Marina Stephan; James E. Nickum
(2021). Editors’ Introduction. Water International: Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 1-4.
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Reflections on the 50th anniversary of the International Water Resources Association (IWRA) Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2021-03-02 Gabriel Eckstein
(2021). Reflections on the 50th anniversary of the International Water Resources Association (IWRA) Water International: Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 5-7.
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IWRA is celebrating 50 years! Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2021-03-02 Renée Martin-Nagle
(2021). IWRA is celebrating 50 years! Water International: Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 8-9.
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Early focus on water strategies for the twenty-first century: IWRA as an interdisciplinary forerunner* Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2021-03-02 Malin Falkenmark
(2021). Early focus on water strategies for the twenty-first century: IWRA as an interdisciplinary forerunner* Water International: Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 10-15.
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IWRA 50th anniversary interview Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2021-03-02 Jean Fried
(2021). IWRA 50th anniversary interview. Water International: Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 16-18.
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Sino-Kazakhstan transboundary water allocation cooperation study: analysis of willingness and policy implementation Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2021-02-02 Chenjun Zheng
ABSTRACT During the process of bridging conflicting water interests, cooperation and conflict tend to co-exist. The main aim of this research is to identify the reason behind the intensified water relationship between China and Kazakhstan. In this regard, the main research question is: what are the barriers hindering the implementation of Sino-Kazakhstan water allocation cooperation? In order to answer
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Community response to the provision of alternative water supplies: A focus on chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology (CKDu) in rural Sri Lanka Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2021-02-11 Theodore Horbulyk; Kashi Kafle; Soumya Balasubramanya
ABSTRACT Until recently, households in the most chronic kidney disease-affected rural areas of Sri Lanka used untreated groundwater for drinking and cooking, but, by 2018, that share was only 35%. About 50% of households consume water treated by reverse osmosis; others rely on piped water, water delivery by tanker and rainwater harvesting. Based on a new and representative survey of 1500 households
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Livelihood security enhancement though innovative water management in dryland India Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2021-02-05 Mark Everard; Harry West
ABSTRACT Locally nuanced community-based shallow groundwater management interventions have proven important in saline and sodic monsoonal regions. A mixed methods approach characterizes achievement of regeneration of the formerly degraded socio-ecological system of Laporiya village in the semi-arid Salt Lake region of Rajasthan state (India), with a focus on locally adapted chauka systems. Local people
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The practical challenges of achieving sustainable wetland agriculture in Nigeria’s Cross River basin Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2021-01-13 Emmanuel M. Akpabio; Gabriel S. Umoh
ABSTRACT The practical challenges of achieving sustainable wetland agriculture in Nigeria are examined. Three wetland communities were studied with observations, meetings, focus groups, interviews, a workshop and a review of the literature. We find that the available wetlands are greatly under-utilized due to meteorological and climate-related challenges, poor human capacities, absence of science–policy
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Can a ‘modern’ irrigation system and a traditional smallholder gravitational system coexist? A view from Marakwet, Kenya Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2021-01-19 Martina Angela Caretta; Florence Jemutai Cheptum
ABSTRACT Irrigation and improved agricultural inputs have been promoted by the New African Green Revolution to close yield gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa. Can this approach coexist with local indigenous irrigation systems? We examine an irrigation scheme financed by both the Kenyan and Canadian Red Cross and put in place in 2015 in Marakwet, Kenya, where a gravity irrigation system has been operated by
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Drip irrigation as a socio-technical configuration: policy design and technological choice in Western India Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2021-01-19 Karan Misquitta; Trevor Birkenholtz
ABSTRACT Through a case study of farmers in India we examine the relationship between drip irrigation subsidy policies, farmer adoption and technological choice. We examine changes in the subsidy design and the implications that these have for farmers. We show how the negotiation of multiple interests influences the kind of technology promoted and the design of the subsidy programme. This creates barriers
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Water supply in a mega-city: a political ecology analysis of Shanghai Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2021-01-28 Chad Staddon
(2021). Water supply in a mega-city: a political ecology analysis of Shanghai. Water International: Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 130-134.
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When the water runs dry: supporting adaptive governance in transboundary river basins Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2021-02-21 Sabine Blumstein; Jacob D. Petersen-Perlman
ABSTRACT Impacts of global climate change will primarily be felt through the water cycle. Adaptation to changing conditions in transboundary basins is an important precondition to ensure regional sustainable development and political stability. However, adaptation measures in one basin country can affect water resources and adaptation options elsewhere, therefore often requiring coordinated or joint
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Livelihood security enhancement though innovative water management in dryland India Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2021-02-05 Mark Everard; Harry West
ABSTRACT Locally nuanced community-based shallow groundwater management interventions have proven important in saline and sodic monsoonal regions. A mixed methods approach characterizes achievement of regeneration of the formerly degraded socio-ecological system of Laporiya village in the semi-arid Salt Lake region of Rajasthan state (India), with a focus on locally adapted chauka systems. Local people
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Sino-Kazakhstan transboundary water allocation cooperation study: analysis of willingness and policy implementation Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2021-02-02 Chenjun Zheng
ABSTRACT During the process of bridging conflicting water interests, cooperation and conflict tend to co-exist. The main aim of this research is to identify the reason behind the intensified water relationship between China and Kazakhstan. In this regard, the main research question is: what are the barriers hindering the implementation of Sino-Kazakhstan water allocation cooperation? In order to answer
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The political economy of coordinating water, sanitation and hygiene management policies and programmes for Nigeria Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2021-01-28 Emmanuel M. Akpabio; John S. Rowan
ABSTRACT Improving access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) is at the core of the Global 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, but achieving this goal depends on the extent to which policy decisions reflect local science and circumstances. We examine the extent to which the WaSH sector is coordinated in Nigeria through interviews, workshops and literature reviews. Findings demonstrate that
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Can a ‘modern’ irrigation system and a traditional smallholder gravitational system coexist? A view from Marakwet, Kenya Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2021-01-19 Martina Angela Caretta; Florence Jemutai Cheptum
ABSTRACT Irrigation and improved agricultural inputs have been promoted by the New African Green Revolution to close yield gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa. Can this approach coexist with local indigenous irrigation systems? We examine an irrigation scheme financed by both the Kenyan and Canadian Red Cross and put in place in 2015 in Marakwet, Kenya, where a gravity irrigation system has been operated by
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The practical challenges of achieving sustainable wetland agriculture in Nigeria’s Cross River basin Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2021-01-13 Emmanuel M. Akpabio; Gabriel S. Umoh
ABSTRACT The practical challenges of achieving sustainable wetland agriculture in Nigeria are examined. Three wetland communities were studied with observations, meetings, focus groups, interviews, a workshop and a review of the literature. We find that the available wetlands are greatly under-utilized due to meteorological and climate-related challenges, poor human capacities, absence of science–policy
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Editors’ introduction Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-12-23 Raya Marina Stephan; James E. Nickum
(2020). Editors’ introduction. Water International: Vol. 45, No. 7-8, pp. 705-709.
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Water law and the response to COVID-19 Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-11-06 Rhett Larson
(2020). Water law and the response to COVID-19. Water International: Vol. 45, No. 7-8, pp. 716-721.
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COVID-19 ‘free water’ initiatives in the Global South: what does the Ghanaian case mean for equitable and sustainable water services? Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-11-13 Godfred Amankwaa; Edward. F. Ampratwum
(2020). COVID-19 ‘free water’ initiatives in the Global South: what does the Ghanaian case mean for equitable and sustainable water services? Water International: Vol. 45, No. 7-8, pp. 722-729.
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Mercury pollution in Colombia: challenges to reduce the use of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in the light of the Minamata Convention Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-11-23 Farith A. Diaz; Lynn E. Katz; Desmond F. Lawler
ABSTRACT The Minamata Convention on Mercury, which entered into full force in August 2017, was signed by more than 100 countries, including several where artisanal and small-scale gold mining is practised, such as Brazil, China, Ecuador, Ghana, Peru and Colombia. Focused on Colombia, the country that likely faces the most difficult challenges to implement this convention, this paper discusses the extent
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The shifted ownership regime of a common-pool resource: the case of water exploitation in Sanandaj County, Iran Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-11-09 Nishtman Karimi; Kobe Boussauw; Farzad Karimi
ABSTRACT In this article, we reveal how a shift of water ownership regime has affected overexploitation of water resources in Sanandaj County, Iran, since the nationalization of water resources and centralization of the water policy in the 1960s. The shift was subject to structural changes concerning monitoring, the size and type of user groups, and the actors involved, and we conclude that the state
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Water: consumption, usage patterns, and residential infrastructure. A comparative analysis of three regions in the Lima metropolitan area Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-11-04 Daniel R. Rondinel-Oviedo; Jaime M. Sarmiento-Pastor
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of infrastructure and residents’ water usage patterns (internal factors) and climate (external factor) on household water consumption. Through quantitative information from the service provider and qualitative data from 900 surveys in three areas with different socio-economic levels (high, middle and low) in the Lima metropolitan area, an average user profile
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A methodology to identify vulnerable transboundary aquifer hotspots for multi-scale groundwater management Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-11-09 Christina M. Fraser; Robert M. Kalin; Modesta Kanjaye; Zione Uka
ABSTRACT Thirty-eight aquifer units are shared between Malawi and its neighbouring countries. It is essential to prioritize those transboundary aquifers that require immediate attention. A methodology of identifying hotspots in the transboundary aquifers of Malawi that may be at risk of depletion or contamination has been developed. There are 11 local-scale and three national-scale hotspots of transboundary
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The devil’s in the details: data exchange in transboundary waters Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-12-02 Patience Mukuyu; Jonathan Lautze; Alistair Rieu-Clarke; Davison Saruchera; Matthew McCartney
ABSTRACT Data exchange in transboundary waters is fundamental to advance cooperative water management. Nonetheless, the degree to which data are shared is not well understood. To gauge this degree, an assessment framework was developed and applied in 25 international river basins. The framework captures the degree to which a set of data parameters is exchanged among countries. A reasonable proportion
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Women’s lived-experiences of water infrastructure in Gressier, Haiti Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-11-23 Kelly S. Chapman; Alina Merceron; Nicole C. Myers; Elizabeth A. Wood
ABSTRACT Using semi-structured interviews and ethnographic investigation, this paper provides information about the status of water infrastructure in a region of Haiti where records of existing infrastructure are not otherwise accessible. This research explores perceptions of water quality, common infrastructure barriers to accessing water sources and community-led solutions to water insecurity. The
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Smart Water Management: the way to (artificially) intelligent water management, or just another pretty name? Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-11-23 James E. Nickum; Stephanie Kuisma; Henning Bjornlund; Raya Marina Stephan
(2020). Smart Water Management: the way to (artificially) intelligent water management, or just another pretty name? Water International: Vol. 45, Smart Water Management: Truly intelligent or just another pretty name?, pp. 515-519.
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The report that sparked this special issue Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-10-20 Stephanie Kuisma; Callum Clench; Monica Garcia Quesada; James E. Nickum; Henning Bjornlund
(2020). The report that sparked this special issue. Water International: Vol. 45, Smart Water Management: Truly intelligent or just another pretty name?, pp. 520-525.
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SWM technology for efficient water management in universities: the case of PUMAGUA, UNAM, Mexico City Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-11-23 Fernando González Villarreal; Cecilia Lartigue; Josué Hidalgo; Berenice Hernández; Stephanie Espinosa
ABSTRACT This case study details the establishment of a real-time water quality and quantity monitoring system at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico’s largest university based in Mexico City. It is structured to outline the water challenges facing Mexico City and UNAM, the solutions implemented by PUMAGUA, the Program for the Management, Use and Reuse of Water at UNAM, and
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K-water’s Integrated Water Resources Management system (K-HIT, K-water Hydro Intelligent Toolkit) Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-11-23 Sukuk Yi; Munhyun Ryu; Jinsuhk Suh; Shangmoon Kim; Seokkyu Seo; Seonghan Kim; Sungphil Jang
ABSTRACT This study details the Hydro Intelligent Toolkit (K-HIT) developed in 2002 by K-water, the Korean water agency, to cope with extreme events such as floods and droughts. It is structured to outline the challenges to water management in Korea, the development and components of K-HIT, its effectiveness in practice, and lessons learned.
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Integrated Smart Water Management of the sanitation system of the Greater Paris region Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-11-23 Jean-Pierre Tabuchi; Béatrice Blanchet; Vincent Rocher
ABSTRACT This case study details the development of a real-time control system (MAGES) in the Paris region designed to better control stormwater pollution caused by combined sewer overflows and to optimize the need for additional storage or treatment facilities. It is structured to outline the challenges facing the Greater Paris region water and sanitation networks, and the solutions provided by SIAAP
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Is Smart Water Management really smart? What experts tell us Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-10-19 James E. Nickum; Henning Bjornlund; Raya Marina Stephan; Stephanie Kuisma
(2020). Is Smart Water Management really smart? What experts tell us. Water International: Vol. 45, Smart Water Management: Truly intelligent or just another pretty name?, pp. 604-607.
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Before you go: the editors’ checklist of what we now know about Smart Water Management Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-10-21 Stephanie Kuisma; James E. Nickum; Henning Bjornlund; Raya Marina Stephan
(2020). Before you go: the editors’ checklist of what we now know about Smart Water Management. Water International: Vol. 45, Smart Water Management: Truly intelligent or just another pretty name?, pp. 702-703.
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Correction Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-10-13
(2020). Correction. Water International: Vol. 45, No. 7-8, pp. 948-949.
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Cultivating the Nile: the everyday politics of water in Egypt Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-09-29 Bruce Currie-Alder
(2020). Cultivating the Nile: the everyday politics of water in Egypt. Water International: Vol. 45, No. 7-8, pp. 788-790.
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Mapping and navigating ontologies in water governance: the case of the Ganges Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-09-17 Sam Campbell; Laura Gurney
ABSTRACT The foregrounding of economic interests to the exclusion of broadly termed ‘cultural’ interests in water governance has been challenged by the grant of legal personality to rivers, including the Ganges. In this article, we explore the 2017 Ganges judgment of the High Court of Uttarakhand, which conferred legal personality on the river, as a case study which exemplifies the recognition and
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Institutional innovation and smart water management technologies in small-scale irrigation schemes in southern Africa Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-08-26 H. Bjornlund; A. van Rooyen; J. Pittock; K. Parry; M. Moyo; M. Mdemu; W. de Sousa
This paper reports on the introduction of SWM technology, soil moisture and nutrient monitoring tools, alongside Agricultural Innovation Platforms (AIP) in three small-scale irrigation schemes in southern Africa. Quantitative and qualitative data are presented on the changes and benefits that have resulted, including increased yield and profitability. The findings emphasize that information prior and
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Institutional innovation and smart water management technologies in small-scale irrigation schemes in southern Africa Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-08-26 H. Bjornlund; A. van Rooyen; J. Pittock; K. Parry; M. Moyo; M. Mdemu; W. de Sousa
ABSTRACT This paper reports on the introduction of SWM technology, soil moisture and nutrient monitoring tools, alongside Agricultural Innovation Platforms (AIP) in three small-scale irrigation schemes in southern Africa. Quantitative and qualitative data are presented on the changes and benefits that have resulted, including increased yield and profitability. The findings emphasize that information
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Large dams: long term impacts on riverine communities and free flowing rivers Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-08-24 Joshua Matanzima
(2020). Large dams: long term impacts on riverine communities and free flowing rivers. Water International: Vol. 45, No. 7-8, pp. 945-947.
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The moral hazards of smart water management Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-08-19 Kris Hartley; Glen Kuecker
ABSTRACT Smart water management (SWM) brings technological sophistication to water governance by providing monitoring, operational and communications capacities through real-time information. SWM’s quantification appeals to metric-driven governance but, we argue, also perpetuates a technocratic and instrumental-rationalist mindset. The peril of this mindset is that it sees technology as a solution
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Exploring challenges in safe water availability and accessibility in preventing COVID-19 in refugee settlements Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-08-14 Nazifa Rafa; Sayed Mohammad Nazim Uddin; Chad Staddon
(2020). Exploring challenges in safe water availability and accessibility in preventing COVID-19 in refugee settlements. Water International: Vol. 45, No. 7-8, pp. 710-715.
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An adaptation pathways approach to water management and governance of tourist islands: the example of the Southern Aegean Region in Greece Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-08-14 Eirini Skrimizea; Constanza Parra
ABSTRACT Approaches to decision making for adaptation need to be place-centred and to consider the interacting changes that occur at different spatiotemporal scales. Τhe adaptation pathways approach provides an interesting input to this end. In this article, we fine-tune the adaptation pathways considerations to the management and governance of water in tourist islands vulnerable to water stress. We
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Editors’ introduction Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-08-12 Raya Marina Stephan; James E. Nickum
(2020). Editors’ introduction. Water International: Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 385-387.
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Knowledge, context and problemsheds: a critical realist method for interdisciplinary water studies Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-07-14 Peter P. Mollinga
Understanding water issues as problemsheds addresses the narrowly water-centred framing of watershed and basin-focused water research and policy. In a critical realist approach problemshed also serves to identify the context-specificity of water knowledge, by navigating between the extremes of positivist generalization and interpretivist local specificity and bridging the divide between academic and
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Water insecurity compounds the global coronavirus crisis Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-06-09 C. Staddon; M. Everard; J. Mytton; T. Octavianti; W. Powell; N. Quinn; S. M. N. Uddin; S. L. Young; J. D. Miller; J. Budds; J. Geere; K. Meehan; K. Charles; E. G. J. Stevenson; J. Vonk; J. Mizniak
(2020). Water insecurity compounds the global coronavirus crisis. Water International: Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 416-422.
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The potential impact of water quality on the spread and control of COVID-19 in Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-06-23 Issmat I. Kassem; Hadi Jaafar
(2020). The potential impact of water quality on the spread and control of COVID-19 in Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon. Water International: Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 423-429.
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The impact of COVID-19 on water and food systems: flattening the much bigger curve ahead Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-06-18 Martin Keulertz; Mark Mulligan; John Anthony Allan
(2020). The impact of COVID-19 on water and food systems: flattening the much bigger curve ahead. Water International: Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 430-434.
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COVID-19 heightens water problems around the world Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-07-28 Cecilia Tortajada; Asit K. Biswas
(2020). COVID-19 heightens water problems around the world. Water International: Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 441-442.
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Informal water vendors and the urban poor: evidence from a Nairobi slum Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-06-16 Anindita Sarkar
In Kenya, informal urban water markets serve the poor in areas where public utilities have failed to deliver. They often charge high prices, sell low-quality water and perform water transactions in a way that is unfair to the buyers. They still remain one of the most popular alternatives for water provision, as they can offer flexibility of supply arrangements and payment systems which are beyond the
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Reconceptualization of the Transboundary Water Interaction Nexus (TWINS): approaches, opportunities and challenges Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-07-14 Richard Grünwald; Yan Feng; Wenling Wang
Using a critical hydropolitics approach, we broaden the context of the Transboundary Water Interaction Nexus framework to provide a tool to analyze interstate relations on the sideline of selected water-related issues regardless of the legal status of actors; distinguish nuances between six intensities of cooperation and conflict; and simultaneously evaluate water events as a form of cooperation, conflict
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Does state capacity matter for foreign aid effectiveness? Panel data evidence on water from 87 countries Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-06-17 Masood Ahmed
This study attempts to measure how the effectiveness of aid to the drinking water sector is mediated by state capacity. I use panel data on a sample of 87 aid-receiving countries, with the Bureaucratic Quality Index as a measure of state capacity. Employing random effects, fixed effects, and system GMM techniques, the study empirically and robustly finds that state capacity does not have a significant
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Exploring the future impacts of urbanization and climate change on groundwater in Arusha, Tanzania Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-06-22 Tunde Olarinoye; Jan Willem Foppen; William Veerbeek; Tlhoriso Morienyane; Hans Komakech
ABSTRACT We combine satellite imagery, urban growth modelling, groundwater modelling and hydrogeological field expeditions to estimate the potential impacts in 2050 of rapid urbanization and climate change on groundwater in Arusha, Tanzania, and by extension similar areas in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our analysis suggests that a reduction of groundwater recharge by 30–44% will cause groundwater levels to
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Governance of offshore freshwater resources Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-07-09 Laura Movilla Pateiro
(2020). Governance of offshore freshwater resources. Water International: Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 512-514.
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Radiation knowledge and willingness to buy bottled water from regions near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-08-05 Kentaka Aruga
ABSTRACT The study determined whether consumers informed about radiation have a higher willingness to buy (WTB) bottled water from regions near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Fukushima Daiichi). The study also investigated what types of radiation knowledge are effective in mitigating negative images about bottled water from these regions. We found that consumers with radiation knowledge
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Using innovative smart water management technologies to monitor water provision to refugees Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-07-30 Ryan W. Schweitzer; Ben Harvey; Murray Burt
(2020). Using innovative smart water management technologies to monitor water provision to refugees. Water International: Vol. 45, Smart Water Management: Truly intelligent or just another pretty name?, pp. 651-659.
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Assessing the operational efficiency of wastewater services whilst accounting for data uncertainty and service quality: a semi-parametric approach Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-07-20 Jayanath Ananda
ABSTRACT Wastewater services involve complex technical and environmental processes. Conventional performance assessments often disregard the service quality aspects of the sector. This article applies an advanced semi-parametric modelling framework based on data envelopment analysis to measure the economic efficiency of wastewater service provision in Australia whilst accounting for service quality
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Water and sanitation in Dhaka slums: access, quality, and informality in service provision Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-07-16 Sabrina Sharmin Haque; Monica Yanez-Pagans; Yurani Arias-Granada; George Joseph
ABSTRACT Slum populations are commonly characterized as having poorly developed water and sanitation systems and may access services through informal channels. However, there are limited representative profiles of water and sanitation services in slums, making it difficult to prioritize interventions that will make services safer for residents. This cross-sectional study examines the quality of and
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SWM and urban water: Smart management for an absurd system? Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-07-08 M. P. Trudeau
ABSTRACT Only a very small fraction of the potable water produced by urban centres is used for a need requiring the highest-quality water. Urban water infrastructure has evolved over the past century without considering whether past practices make sense for a future with stressed ecosystems and a changing climate. Smart water techniques are vital to optimize existing infrastructure. However, for urban
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Power in water diplomacy Water Int. (IF 1.899) Pub Date : 2020-06-21 Sumit Vij; Jeroen Warner; Anamika Barua
(2020). Power in water diplomacy. Water International: Vol. 45, Power in water diplomacy, pp. 249-253.
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