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Household access to groundwater and its implication in an urban poor community, Ghana
The access to drinking water in urban informal settlements of developing countries is a challenge for the poor. The objective of the study was to determine access to groundwater supply and its implication to consumers. A survey of 300 households in the study site showed that the households’ main wat...
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| author | Seth Adjei Sampson Oduro-Kwarteng J. Gronwall |
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| description | The access to drinking water in urban informal settlements of developing countries is a challenge for the poor. The objective of the study was to determine access to groundwater supply and its implication to consumers. A survey of 300 households in the study site showed that the households’ main water sources were public standpipe (37%), pipe water into buildings (20.67%), unprotected dug well (15%) and protected well (13%), motorized borehole (5.67%) and hand-pump borehole (4%). The groundwater use was high with about 78% of households accessing it as a main source or secondary source. Results showed that 96% of all the households use sachet water as a major source of drinking water. The households view the groundwater as unwholesome for drinking because of its salty taste, impurities and colour. |
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| spelling | rr-article-95946352016-01-01T00:00:00Z Household access to groundwater and its implication in an urban poor community, Ghana Seth Adjei (7228118) Sampson Oduro-Kwarteng (7217729) J. Gronwall (7228121) untagged The access to drinking water in urban informal settlements of developing countries is a challenge for the poor. The objective of the study was to determine access to groundwater supply and its implication to consumers. A survey of 300 households in the study site showed that the households’ main water sources were public standpipe (37%), pipe water into buildings (20.67%), unprotected dug well (15%) and protected well (13%), motorized borehole (5.67%) and hand-pump borehole (4%). The groundwater use was high with about 78% of households accessing it as a main source or secondary source. Results showed that 96% of all the households use sachet water as a major source of drinking water. The households view the groundwater as unwholesome for drinking because of its salty taste, impurities and colour. 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Conference contribution 2134/31283 https://figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Household_access_to_groundwater_and_its_implication_in_an_urban_poor_community_Ghana/9594635 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
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| title | Household access to groundwater and its implication in an urban poor community, Ghana |
| title_full | Household access to groundwater and its implication in an urban poor community, Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Household access to groundwater and its implication in an urban poor community, Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Household access to groundwater and its implication in an urban poor community, Ghana |
| title_short | Household access to groundwater and its implication in an urban poor community, Ghana |
| title_sort | household access to groundwater and its implication in an urban poor community, ghana |
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| url | https://hdl.handle.net/2134/31283 |