Water Supply Systems in Blue Nile Health Project

Water Supply Systems in Blue Nile Health Project

Improvement of domestic water supplies is a major component of the comprehensive strategy for control of water-associated diseases in the Blue Nile Health Project of central Sudan. The value of safe water supply was confirmed in a study in 1981 that showed an inverse relationship between the rate of...

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Published in:Journal of environmental engineering (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 113; no. 6; pp. 1219 - 1233
Main Authors: Tameim, Omer, Daffalla, Asim A. R, Babbiker Mohamed, Ahmed, Abdel Basit, Sadig, El Gaddal, Ahmed A, Fenwick, Alan, Jobin, William R
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Reston, VA American Society of Civil Engineers 01-12-1987
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
General aspects
Medical sciences
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
TECHNICAL PAPERS
Infection
Prevention
Water management
Africa
Water quality
Sudan
Check
Parasitosis
Tap water
Epidemiology
Hygiene
Public health
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Summary:Improvement of domestic water supplies is a major component of the comprehensive strategy for control of water-associated diseases in the Blue Nile Health Project of central Sudan. The value of safe water supply was confirmed in a study in 1981 that showed an inverse relationship between the rate of consumption of safe water and the prevalence of diarrheal disease and bilharzia for villages with central supplies. Proposed improvements in water supplies would cost about $0.64 person annually in 1984 prices, to raise the consumption from the original 40 L person day to a design goal of 70 L person day. Analysis of preconstruction data indicated that these modest improvements should cause significant reductions in water-associated diseases.
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ISSN:0733-9372
1943-7870
DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(1987)113:6(1219)