When urban taps run dry: Sachet water consumption and health effects in low income neighborhoods of Accra, Ghana
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When urban taps run dry: sachet water consumption and health effects in low income neighborhoods of Accra, Ghana.
Intraurban differentials in safe drinking water in developing cities have been exacerbated by rapid population growth that exceeds expansion of local water infrastructure. In Accra, Ghana, municipal water is rationed to meet demand, and the gap in water services is increasingly being filled by private water vendors selling packaged "sachet" water. Sachets extend drinking water coverage deeper i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health & Place
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1353-8292
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.09.020