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Advancing ambient water quality monitoring and management through citizen science in low- and middle-income countries by Castro, Jose, Mateo-Sagasta, Javier, Nowicki, Saskia

“…In contexts where conventional environmental monitoring has historically been limited, citizen science (CS) for monitoring efforts can be an effective approach…”
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The utility of Escherichia coli as a contamination indicator for rural drinking water: Evidence from whole genome sequencing by Nowicki, Saskia, deLaurent, Zaydah R, de Villiers, Etienne P, Githinji, George, Charles, Katrina J

“…Across the water sector, Escherichia coli is the preferred microbial water quality indicator and current guidance upholds that it indicates recent faecal…”
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A framework for monitoring the safety of water services: from measurements to security by Charles, Katrina J., Nowicki, Saskia, Bartram, Jamie K.

“…The sustainable developments goals (SDGs) introduced monitoring of drinking water quality to the international development agenda. At present, Escherichia coli…”
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Including water quality monitoring in rural water services: why safe water requires challenging the quantity versus quality dichotomy by Nowicki, Saskia, Koehler, Johanna, Charles, Katrina J.

“…The need to increase drinking water quality monitoring in rural sub-Saharan Africa is widely recognised. Rural water service providers (RWSPs) may be…”
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Reinforcing Feedbacks for Sustainable Implementation of Rural Drinking-Water Treatment Technology by Laauwen, Merel, Nowicki, Saskia

“…Progress toward universal access to safe drinking water depends on rural water service delivery models that incorporate water safety management. Water supplies…”
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Water chemistry poses health risks as reliance on groundwater increases: A systematic review of hydrogeochemistry research from Ethiopia and Kenya by Nowicki, Saskia, Birhanu, Behailu, Tanui, Florence, Sule, May N., Charles, Katrina, Olago, Daniel, Kebede, Seifu

“…Reliance on groundwater is increasing in Sub-Saharan Africa as development programmes work towards improving water access and strengthening resilience to…”
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Tryptophan-like fluorescence as a measure of microbial contamination risk in groundwater by Nowicki, Saskia, Lapworth, Dan J., Ward, Jade S.T., Thomson, Patrick, Charles, Katrina

“…Microbial water quality is frequently assessed with a risk indicator approach that relies on Escherichia coli. Relying exclusively on E. coli is limiting,…”
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Data, Decisions, and Drinking Water Safety : an Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Complex Adaptive Response to Monitoring in Rural Kenya by Nowicki, Saskia

“…For decades, international and national development efforts have endeavoured to improve rural drinking-water safety in Sub-Saharan Africa by focusing on…”
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Fear, Efficacy, and Environmental Health Risk Reporting: Complex Responses to Water Quality Test Results in Low-Income Communities by Nowicki, Saskia, Bukachi, Salome A, Hoque, Sonia F, Katuva, Jacob, Musyoka, Mercy M, Sammy, Mary M, Mwaniki, Martin, Omia, Dalmas O, Wambua, Faith, Charles, Katrina J

“…Reducing disease from unsafe drinking-water is a key environmental health objective in rural Sub-Saharan Africa, where water management is largely…”
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