SURVEY OF ANTARCTIC WATER SUPPLY AND WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES, PRACTICES, AND PROBLEMS

1965 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil L. Drobny
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Antarctic Water

scholarly journals The Best Advertisement a City Can Have: Public Health Services in Vancouver, 1886-1888

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 19-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret W. Andrews
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Public Expenditure ◽  
Public Expenditures ◽  
City Hospital ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Hospital Waste ◽  
Health Inspection

Vancouver was unlike many nineteenth centry Canadian cities in that it readily undertook to provide reasonably extensive public health services — a city hospital, waste disposal and drainage, a modern water supply, and health inspection. Provision of those services got fairly under way in the city's first two years, at which time (as later), those interested in the city's growth, who directed public expenditure there as in most cities of the time, encouraged up-to-date public health services as signs of municipal progress likely to attract additional settlers and capital. Public expenditures relating to health were supported as attractants which augmented the city's natural climatic advantages.

scholarly journals Análise espacial da morbimortalidade humana associada ao saneamento, destinação do lixo,abastecimento e tratamento de água

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2355
Author(s):  
Jéssica Mazutti Penso-Campos ◽  
Eduardo Périco ◽  
Eliane Fraga da Silveira
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Water Contamination ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Water Supply And Treatment

A negligência relacionada ao saneamento inadequado e à destinação incorreta de lixo tornam-se fatores que contribuem para a contaminação hídrica, assim como, a problemática da poluição ambiental é notória. O objetivo do estudo consistiu em analisar e estabelecer o grau de risco dos municípios do Rio Grande do Sul em relação à morbimortalidade humana associada ao saneamento, destinação do lixo e abastecimento e tratamento de água.A análise das áreas mais suscetíveis é relevante, uma vez que possibilita o planejamento e execução das ações emergentes, bem como, estratégias de promoção da saúde. Trata-se de um estudo quantitativo e ecológico, cuja unidade de análise caracteriza-se pelo conjunto de internações hospitalares e de óbitos, ocasionados pelas doenças de transmissão hídrica e alimentar (DTHA), em relação às condições de abastecimento e tratamento de água, condições sanitárias e de destinação de lixo.Para a análise, utilizou-se a correlação de Pearson, o Índice de Moran Global e a Interpolação Linear Simples. Como resultados mapas de distribuição espacial das variáveis e mapa final de suscetibilidade às DTHA foram organizados. Aponta-se associação significativa entre a destinação de fezes/urina em esgoto e, o consumo de água sem tratamento com os coeficientes de internação e de óbito pelas DTHA. Os resultados apresentam a escala do cálculo de risco, para as DTHA, em mapa temático. Existe associação entre a morbimortalidade com variáveis de saneamento, assim como a existência de municípios com grau máximo de suscetibilidade para as DTHA. Spatial analysis of human morbidity and mortality associated with sanitation, waste disposal, water supply and treatmentABSTRACTNeglect related to inadequate sanitation and improper disposal of waste become factors that contribute to water contamination, as well as the problem of environmental pollution is notorious. The objective of the study was to analyze and establish the degree of risk of the municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul in relation to human morbidity and mortality associated with sanitation, waste disposal and water supply and treatment. The analysis of the most susceptible areas is relevant, since it allows the planning and execution of the emergent actions, as well as health promotion strategies. This is a quantitative and socioenvironmental study, whose unit of analysis is characterized by the set of hospital admissions and deaths, caused by water and food transmission diseases (DTHA), in relation to water supply and treatment conditions, conditions sanitation and waste disposal. For the analysis, the Pearson correlation, the Moran Global Index and the Simple Linear Interpolation were used. As results spatial distribution maps of the variables and final map of susceptibility to DTHA were organized. A significant association between the use of feces / urine in sewage and the consumption of untreated water with the hospitalization and death coefficients by DTHA is indicated. The results show the scale of the risk calculation, for the DTHA, in the thematic map. There is an association between morbidity and mortality with sanitation variables, as well as the existence of municipalities with a maximum degree of susceptibility to DTHA.Keywords: water contamination, environmental pollution, water and food transmission diseases, environment and development, sustainability.

Water Supply and Waste Disposal for Arctic Communities - A Case Study of Frobisker Bay

1972 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-37
Author(s):  
G.W. Heinke ◽  
B. Deans
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Arctic Communities ◽  
Economic Considerations

Abstract The special problems of providing adequate water supply and waste disposal systems for arctic settlements are examined on hand of the community of Frobisher Bay, N.W.T. The two existing methods, a trucked and a piped system, are compared for adequacy, reliability and cost. A series of alternative improvements to upgrade community services are proposed. It was concluded that any of the suggested alternatives up to the level of complete piped services are feasible from engineering and economic considerations.

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