GH022
Water and health in a volatile climate: science-based strategies for equitable well-being in a water secure future
Session ID#: 160329
Session Description:
Global health is inextricably linked to water security, which is jeopardised by climate change. Research is needed to understand the severity and distribution of health risks as water demand and contamination pressures are compounded by the intensifying water cycle. Reliance on groundwater, for example, is central in climate-resilient water supply strategies. Yet groundwater geochemistry, salinity, and pollution risks are not sufficiently evidenced nor accounted for in policy – particularly in lower income settings. This session seeks interdisciplinary research that focuses on the complex intersection of climate change, water (in)security, and health. Following the AGU22 ‘Science Leads the Future’ theme, research presented in this session will support the inclusion of water-related health risk management in key global agendas: for example, those that focus on climate-resilient water services, net zero energy transitions, adaptation financing, and biodiversity restoration. Presentations will also indicate research priorities by outlining the limitations of evidence in this space.
Index Terms:
0230 Impacts of climate change: human health [GEOHEALTH]
0478 Pollution: urban, regional and global [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0496 Water quality [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1065 Major and trace element geochemistry [GEOCHEMISTRY]
Primary Convener: Saskia Nowicki, University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford, United Kingdom
Conveners: May Sule, Cranfield University, Water Science Institute, Cranfield, MK43, United Kingdom and Behailu Birhanu, Addis Ababa University, School of Earth Sciences, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Student/Early Career Convener: Florence Tanui, University of Nairobi, Department of Earth and Climate Sciences, Nairobi, Kenya
Characterization of Emerging Contaminants in the water supply sources of Awash River Basin, central Ethiopia (1102252)
Kidist Hailu Tadesse1, Behailu Birhanu2, Seifu Kebede3 and Tilahun Azagegn1, (1)Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, (2)Addis Ababa University, School of Earth Sciences, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, (3)University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
Understanding and managing the risk of water-related diseases under hydrometeorological extremes (Invited) (1119149)
Zed Diyana Zulkafli1, Mohamad Fariq Rahmat2, Veianthan Jayaramu1, Asnor Juraiza Ishak2, Ribhan Zafira Abdul Rahman2, Jamalludin Ab Rahman3, Simon De Stercke4, Ana Mijic5, Michael R Templeton5 and Wouter Buytaert6, (1)Universiti Putra Malaysia, Department of Civil Engineering, Serdang, Malaysia, (2)Universiti Putra Malaysia, Electric and Electronic Engineering, Serdang, Malaysia, (3)International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuantan, Malaysia, (4)Imperial College London, Civil and Environmental Engineering, London, SW7, United Kingdom, (5)Imperial College London, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, London, United Kingdom, (6)Imperial College London, Civil and Environmental Engineering & Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment, London, SW7, United Kingdom
Impact of Drought on Water, Wastewater and Health: A Systematic Literature Review (1138505)
Katrina Charles, University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford, United Kingdom and May Sule, Cranfield University, Water Science Institute, Cranfield, MK43, United Kingdom
Predicting Pump Failures to Reduce Water-Related Diseases and Improve Household Water Security (1151184)
Patrick Thomson1, Heloise Greeff2, Cliff Nyaga1, Jacob Katuva3 and Will Ingram1, (1)University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford, United Kingdom, (2)University of Oxford, Department of Engineering, Oxford, United Kingdom, (3)FundiFix Ltd., Msambweni, Kenya
Evaluation of Coliforms as Indicators of Anthropogenic Contamination of A Strategic Urban Alluvial Aquifer in Turkana County, Kenya (1160769)
Florence Tanui, University of Nairobi, Department of Earth and Climate Sciences, Nairobi, Kenya, Daniel Olago, University of Nairobi, Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation, Nairobi, Kenya and Gilbert Ongisa Ouma, University of Nairobi, Department of Earth and Climate Sciences, Nairobi, Kenya
“Groundwater usually requires little or no treatment”: implications of untreated groundwater for health and climate resilient water supply (1170511)
Saskia Nowicki1, Florence Tanui2, Behailu Birhanu3, May Sule4, Daniel Olago5, Seifu Kebede6 and Katrina Charles1, (1)University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford, United Kingdom, (2)University of Nairobi, Department of Earth and Climate Sciences, Nairobi, Kenya, (3)Addis Ababa University, School of Earth Sciences, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, (4)Cranfield University, Water Science Institute, Cranfield, MK43, United Kingdom, (5)University of Nairobi, Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation, Nairobi, Kenya, (6)University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Utilizing Earth Observations to Understand the Impacts of Water Security and Hydroclimatological Extremes on Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) (1185893)
Farah Nusrat1, Ashraful Islam Khan2, Md. Taufiqul Islam2, Firdausi Qadri2 and Ali S Akanda1, (1)University of Rhode Island, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Narragansett, RI, United States, (2)International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Uranium in Groundwater Wells in Sugar Island, Michigan: A Water Supply and Public Health Concern (1192838)
Hari P Kandel1, Derek D Wright1, Jonathan Doubek1 and Benjamin Southwell2, (1)Lake Superior State University Sault Ste Marie, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Sault Ste Marie, United States, (2)Lake Superior State University Sault Ste Marie, School of Science and Medicine, Sault Sainte Marie, United States
