Inadequate drinking water and sanitation are amongst the world's major causes of preventable morbidity and mortality …. This book provides a state-of-the-art review on approaches and methods used in assessing the microbial safety of drinking-water …

In rural and peri‑urban areas of Central America, community water organizations (CWOs) provide water to 60 % of the … environmental, climatic, and institutional factors explaining the adoption of volumetric pricing from these water providers and its … whether volumetric pricing affects the service water delivery in a rural setting, drawing on a random sample of cross …

Vulnerability to climate change and water scarcity is increasing globally. How this affects individual employment …-Saharan Africa over from 2005 to 2018, this paper examines the causal relationship between water availability and labor market … rainfall and temperature on water availability. The findings suggest that extremely dry periods decrease employment by 2 …