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April 1, 2019
Lack of Access to Clean Water Proper Sanitationin the United States and North Carolina
J. Clark Maness, PE
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PRESENTATION
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T O P I C SWASH
Overview of Challenges
US Examples
NC Examples & Case Studies
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Existing Literature• UNC Environmental Finance Center. (2017). An Overview of Clean Water Access Challenges in the
United States. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Environmental Finance Center• Ingraham, C. (2014, April 23) 1.6 million Americans don’t have indoor plumbing. Here’s where they
live. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/04/23/1 -6-million -americans-dont -have-indoor -plumbing-heres-where-they-live/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.fbac1d0e15eb
• Johnson, A. (2018, October 8) Unhealthy levels of chemicals likely in thousands of Wake County wells. The News & Observer. Retrieved from: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake -county/article219665490.html
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Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene (WASH)
https:/ / infogr.am/poor-people-down-have-clean-water
• Needed to prevent microbial, waterborne diseases. • ~ 2.4 million preventable deaths with full access to clean, reliable
sanitation and drinking water (Bartram, Cairncross, 2010).
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Overview of Challenges• Lack of indoor plumbing
https:/ /www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~cnekarda/colorado/gallery/072203/chasm.html
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Overview of Challenges• Substandard plumbing
https:/ /www.npr.org/sect ions/health-shots/2016/06/24/481090373/are-your-pipes-made-of-lead-heres-a-quick-way-to-find-out
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Overview of Challenges• Unsanitary onsite wastewater disposal
https:/ /extension.illinois.edu/septicsystems/failures.cfm
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Overview of Challenges• Contaminated Water Supplies
https:/ /www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2017/08/17/genx-pollut ion-what-happened-when/
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Overview of Challenges• Contaminated and at-risk Wells
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Overview of Challenges• At -risk Infrastructure
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Examples in United States• Texas Colonias• Navajo Nation, Nevada• Lowndes County, Alabama• Flint, Michigan
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• Gen X contamination• Lack of indoor plumbing• Radiological chemical contamination
Examples in North Carolina
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• Available partnerships• Targeted household assistance• Grant and low interest loan funding for infrastructure
What can be done?
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For information on resources to learn more contact
J. Clark Maness, PE
(919)535-5213