Manoj Roy (Lancaster University)
David Hulme, Clive Agnew and James Rothwell (University of Manchester)
Ferdous Jahan (BRAC University)
Riziki Shemdoe (Ardhi University)
Improving water quality at home: a new toolkit for household water treatment ...Ryan Rowe
Session on Monitoring Water Quality: What do we test for? How do we test? Why?
WASRAG Water Summit V
Lisbon, Portugal
June 21, 2013
by Ryan Rowe
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Summary: This presentation aims to raise awareness of the importance of monitoring water quality in projects implemented by Rotarians around the world. To start off, I will explain why water supply projects alone may not entirely address the issue of improving access to safe drinking-water, creating the need to monitor water quality. Then, I will briefly discuss a new resource for organisations concerned about poor quality drinking-water in the home, which is a good guide with considerations about what to test for and how. Finally, I will outline some considerations and practices with respect to how to go about monitoring water quality. References for all data cited in this presentation are listed on the last two slides.
Manoj Roy (Lancaster University)
David Hulme, Clive Agnew and James Rothwell (University of Manchester)
Ferdous Jahan (BRAC University)
Riziki Shemdoe (Ardhi University)
Improving water quality at home: a new toolkit for household water treatment ...Ryan Rowe
Session on Monitoring Water Quality: What do we test for? How do we test? Why?
WASRAG Water Summit V
Lisbon, Portugal
June 21, 2013
by Ryan Rowe
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Summary: This presentation aims to raise awareness of the importance of monitoring water quality in projects implemented by Rotarians around the world. To start off, I will explain why water supply projects alone may not entirely address the issue of improving access to safe drinking-water, creating the need to monitor water quality. Then, I will briefly discuss a new resource for organisations concerned about poor quality drinking-water in the home, which is a good guide with considerations about what to test for and how. Finally, I will outline some considerations and practices with respect to how to go about monitoring water quality. References for all data cited in this presentation are listed on the last two slides.
Provisioning Ecosystem Services of Likangala River Catchment in southern Malawi. Land use change. Paper Presented at Society of Southern African Geographer’s 10th Conference, East London, South Africa. 26-27 June 2014.
SourceMed Therapy Q1 2016 Regulatory Update, hosted by Chief Therapy Officer David McMullan, PT. Covering news and regulatory updates for the outpatient physical therapy industry.
A 360° view of value-based healthcare: how to position your facility for successSourceMed
The shift from volume to value-based healthcare is underway and many outpatient providers are already participating. How are you preparing for this transition?
This presentation will explore the move to value-based care, and share ways for your facility to adapt what it is doing today to thrive under collaborative service delivery models, including: revenue cycle management, data analytics, patient engagement and system interoperability.
WRT's head of Data and Evidence Nick Paling gave a plenary talk to open the 3rd CaBA training Workshop at Slimbridge Wetland Centre. In the presentation Nick described the participatory ecosystem services mapping approach that the Trust took to their catchment planning work in the Tamar.
Provisioning Ecosystem Services of Likangala River Catchment in southern Malawi. Land use change. Paper Presented at Society of Southern African Geographer’s 10th Conference, East London, South Africa. 26-27 June 2014.
SourceMed Therapy Q1 2016 Regulatory Update, hosted by Chief Therapy Officer David McMullan, PT. Covering news and regulatory updates for the outpatient physical therapy industry.
A 360° view of value-based healthcare: how to position your facility for successSourceMed
The shift from volume to value-based healthcare is underway and many outpatient providers are already participating. How are you preparing for this transition?
This presentation will explore the move to value-based care, and share ways for your facility to adapt what it is doing today to thrive under collaborative service delivery models, including: revenue cycle management, data analytics, patient engagement and system interoperability.
WRT's head of Data and Evidence Nick Paling gave a plenary talk to open the 3rd CaBA training Workshop at Slimbridge Wetland Centre. In the presentation Nick described the participatory ecosystem services mapping approach that the Trust took to their catchment planning work in the Tamar.
In this 1 hour lecture Dr Nick Paling, the Westcountry Rivers Trust's Head of Data, Evidence & Communications illustrates how the pressures degrading water quality in a catchment can be assessed and their sources determined. Once done, this allows a carefully tailored and targeted plan of action to be formed to reduce these impacts.
A Powerpoint describing the Environmental Justice Tour for an undergraduate learning experience.
Students often recognize that air, water, and soil pollution have negative effects on human health but may not recognize that these problems exist in their own communities. In many parts of the United States there are sources of pollution located very close to neighborhoods especially in low-income areas. The field trip experience described here explores the relationship between economically depressed neighborhoods and environmental problems through the lens of social justice. This field trip involves witnessing how several low-income neighborhoods are located near coal-fired power plants, open-air coal ash landfills, chemical plants, and a Superfund site. During the experience students have the opportunity to make observations and discuss what they have witnessed in the context of why these problems exist, who is responsible for these problems and how they might be fixed. This field trip experience was developed by Mr. Tim Darst at the Passionist Earth and Spirit Center in Louisvile, Kentucky and is offered on a regular basis for college students, high school groups and community members. This kind of experience could be adapted to many other parts of the country that experience environmental problems, either urban (as described above) or rural (i.e., agricultural problems, deforestation, etc.).
Think Earth: Water Pollution, by Saugata DattaNathan Cone
This is the PowerPoint prepared by Dr. Saugata Datta (UTSA) for Texas Public Radio's Think Earth event held on October 7, 2022. The slide presentation focuses on water pollution, and matches with the audio on this page: https://www.tpr.org/tpr-events-initiatives/2022-09-28/think-earth-pollution
Monahan - Perception & Interaction With Environmental Resourcesgabriellebastien
Green Exchange - Harvard Extension Environmental Club - April 15, 2015
How do perception and culture influence the way we interact with environmental resources? Presenter Kyle Monahan explores this question by analyzing two case studies: the ceramic water filter technology and its interaction with the cultural definition of clean water, and the disparities of water use in China on both the local (cognitive perception) and the provincial (social perception) levels. Kyle is a PhD student at Tufts University in Environmental Health Engineering, a Water Diplomacy NSF IGERT Fellow and has extensive research experience in sustainable water treatments.
Reducing Bacterial Contamination In WaterwaysJason Schroeder
Presentation at the River Network "River Rally" conference in Baltimore, Maryland May 29th - June 1st. Our workshop discussed Milwaukee Riverkeeper\'s IDDE program specifically focused on bacteria monitoring for human sewage, using genetic testing to determine the presence of Bacteroides, a specific human marker for human sewage.
We discuss how many stormwater outfalls we found containing human sewage, our documentation of the data, the use of GIS and Google Maps and Google Earth for displaying the data and how to move forward to fix this serious human health risk and pollution problem.
Cheryl Nenn and I co-presented this presentation/workshop. Slides 11 - 32 were presented by me, while Cheryl presented slides 2 - 10 and 33 - 34.
1. Meg du Bray Monica Palta
Graduate Student Post-doctoral Fellow
Rhian Stotts Amber Wutich
Graduate Student Associate Professor
2. Research Questions
To what extent do urban waterways provide hidden or
unexpected services (provisioning, regulating, cultural)
for a vulnerable population?
To what extent does the urban ecosystem also put
vulnerable people at risk?
3. Ecosystem Services and Disservices
Environments provide goods and services to people
Provisioning services
Regulating services
Cultural services
“Natural” ecosystems vs. human-modified ecosystems
Ecosystem disservices
Unwanted or undesirable impacts
13. Supporting Services
• Water provisioning Regulating Services
• Heat mitigation
Provisioning Services
• Water consumption
• Hygiene
Cultural Services
• Aesthetic appeal
• Lounging/rest area
Regulating Disservices
• Not enough heat
mitigation
Provisioning Disservices
• Exposure to
pathogens
Cultural Disservices
• ?[trespassing laws]
Results: Services and Disservices
14. Results: Interviews
Respondent
ID
Sex Age Shade?
Heat
Mitigation?
Bathing? Drinking? Teeth Brushing? Clothes Washing? Cultural Services
1 M 57 Y Y N N N
Sound of water
relaxing; visual
beauty
2 M 46 Y Y Y N
beauty of the
place
3 F 45 Y
Y (would,
hasn't yet)
4 M 66 Y
Y (bitter
water)
Y
Likes to stay near
water
5 M 60 N
N (aware of
contaminatio
n)
6 M 50s/60s Reading
7 M app. 50
Y (before
algae bloom)
N
Provisioning ServicesRegulating services Cultural services
16. Conclusions and Suggestions
Urban waterways are providing dis/services for
vulnerable populations
These dis/services may be increasing their
vulnerability
Policy recommendations
Shelter services
Signs near urban waterways
Adjust city and county policies – align with UN
Research recommendations
Additional interviews
provisioning services, such as a material resource (e.g., food and water), (2) regulating services, a process of value (e.g., purification of water or air), or (3) cultural services, such as a positive reaction within human society (e.g., recreation and aesthetic appreciation) ;
Ecosystem services primarily focuses on monetary benefits (eg, payment for ecosystem services) – what about direct benefits for populations?
Biophysical vulnerability has been the type of vulnerability most traditionally studied: generally, the exposure to hazards or disasters that puts people at risk.
Social vulnerability has been less studied, and explores the structural issues that lead to vulnerability among marginalized populations. Looking at ecosystem dis/services is a way of bridging biophysical and social vulnerability by looking at the ways that socially vulnerable populations (people living at the fringes of society, due to a variety of issues) are affected by and use the biophysical environment.
Distribution of ecosystem services across populations – often unequal, traditionally may lead to increased social vulnerability
Socially vulnerable populations may, however, use ecosystem services in unusual or unexpected ways (which may lead to their experience of disservices)
June to September, avg high is 37.8 C or higher, which is the temp at which national weather service issues a heat warning
Monsoon season June through September; PHX receives at least half of its annual precipitation during this time.
Urban heat islands: concentrations of particularly hot temperatures in heavily developed and densely populated areas
4.3 million people in Phoenix; as of 2013, estimated 27,000 homeless
Shelters have approximately 17,000 beds; 43% of population estimated to be living on the streets
Heat Relief Network providing public hydration and cooling sites, but cannot deliver to all of Phoenix’s homeless (need 1-2 L/day at minimum – cannot provide this)
Tree canopies, green spaces, and waterways may reduce heat by 5-11 C: these may be providing spaces for the homeless to access water and cooler spaces
Conducted interviews at 3 of the 5 sites; one is currently unoccupied due to dam reconstruction; trash data observed at 4 of the 5 sites (one unobserved due to permanent occupation; occupants seem to be removing their own trash).
Salt River Project map, which suggests that the Salt River truly runs through Phoenix (both has water, and is contiguous) – NOT TRUE.
28 km of the mostly dry Salt River bed runs through Phoenix; selected five sites at “outfalls”, where river water, storm water, and occasionally, wastewater come into the dry Salt River bed; these outfalls are often most active after storms (leading to wetlands)
De-identified site map showing the areas in which temperature measurements were taking. Areas close to the wetlands were much cooler than those farther away from the wetlands, indicating the regulating services they provide.
Trash items photographed at an outfall; image shows deodorant (left) and a shaving razor (right). The trash items indicate the wetlands are providing provisioning services.
Trash items photographed in the storm drain of an outfall; items include a shaving razor (left, in the storm drain), and a tube of toothpaste (right). The trash items indicate the wetlands are providing provisioning services.
Chronically homeless populations benefit from ecosystem services
Provisioning: bathing; teeth-brushing; washing clothes; water consumption
Regulating: shade/cooler environment
Cultural: calming/peaceful area; enjoyment of nature; privacy; reading/napping
Exposed to harms from high E. coli counts
Pre-monsoon flows
Post-monsoon flows
Interviews, in addition to the trash survey, indicate that wetlands are providing provisioning services (areas for bathing and other hygienic needs), as well as cultural services (relaxation, appreciation of nature), and regulating services (heat mitigation, shade)
EPA standards: 0 E. coli per 100 ml of fresh water acceptable for drinking; 126 E. coli per 100 ml acceptable for swimming
Exceeds EPA standards 21-88% of the time during pre-monsoon flows
Exceeds EPA standards 60-100% of the time during post-monsoon flows
Shelter services have recently started to close in Phoenix – important to keep these open, and ideally, to expand those for anyone who’s interested
This population may largely be purposefully avoiding the shelter system – as a result, this may not be helpful for them
Signs near urban waterways could indicate the seasonality of harms, and indicate the safeness of drinking the water vs. using it for cooling/bathing/washing
The UN has determined that access to water is a fundamental human right; the criminalization of homelessness violates this, and cities should be encouraged to reorient their thinking in this direction