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Self - supplied drinking water in low - and middle - income countries in the Asia - Pacific

Foster, Tim and Priadi, Cindy and Kotra, Krishna K. and Odagiri, Mitsunori and Rand, Emily C. and Willetts, Juliet (2021) Self - supplied drinking water in low - and middle - income countries in the Asia - Pacific. npj Clean Water, 4 (37). pp. 1-10. ISSN 2059-7037

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Abstract

There is increasing awareness of household self-supply and the role it can play in securing water for domestic needs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), but its scale across the Asia-Pacific has not previously been quantified. This study analysed 77 datasets from 26 countries to estimate the prevalence of self-supplied drinking water, and its associated trends in LMICs in South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. When factoring in temporal trends, results suggest that >760 million people—or 31% of the population—relied on self-supply for their drinking water in these regions in 2018, with the number of users increasing by >9 million each year. Reliance on self-supply for drinking water is greater in rural areas than in urban areas (37% of rural population vs 20% of urban population), though results vary considerably between countries. Groundwater sources constitute the most common form of self-supply in South Asia and Southeast Asia, while rainwater collection is dominant in the Pacific. The results confirm the significance of self-supply in the Asia-Pacific and suggest that households are a major but often overlooked source of financing within the water sector. The findings raise important questions about how policy and practice should respond to this widespread phenomenon.

Item Type: Journal Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Self-supply, drinking water, Asia, Pacific
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General)
Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment (FSTE) > School of Biological and Chemical Sciences
Depositing User: Krishna Kotra
Date Deposited: 09 Aug 2021 01:56
Last Modified: 09 Aug 2021 01:56
URI: http://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/12872
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