Assessment of the Groundwater Quality of the Wells of the Kingston Basin, Kingston, Jamaica

Mandal, Arpita; Alleyne, E.; Haiduk, A.; Nawal, C.

doi:10.1142/9789814355339_0023

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“…The yellow colour changed to pink with methyl orange indicator is called as methyl orange alkalinity. The total of both readings gives total alkalinity present in the water samples [7][8]. …”

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Study of Total Alkalinity Present in the Pond Water Sampe of Nipani Town

2017

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Study of Total Alkalinity Present in the Pond Water Sampe of Nipani Town

2017

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“…During climate-induced disruptions, customers typically turn to other sources, such as tanker trucks or untreated well or spring supply (Lester 2015). There are several health risks associated with water stored in household tanks (ibid) and unregulated sources, such as wells, which are becoming increasing contaminated by untreated sewage (Mandal et al 2011, Jamaica Water Resources Authority 2020. Therefore, tanker trucked water offers an essential alternative replacement service during utility water supply disruptions, to protect the health of disrupted communities.…”

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Prioritising climate adaptation options to minimise financial and distributional impacts of water supply disruptions

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et al. 2024

Environ. Res.: Infrastruct. Sustain.

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Climate-related disruptions to water supply infrastructure services incur direct financial losses to utilities (e.g. to repair damaged assets) and externalise a societal cost to domestic customers due to additional costs that they may incur (e.g. to acquire water from alternative sources). The latter often represents an uncompensated social burden, which should be properly accounted for in investment planning. Here we present a new framework for quantifying direct financial risks burdened by utilities and alternative water purchase losses incurred by domestic customers, including those in low-income groups, during flood- and drought-induced utility water supply disruptions. This framework enables the comparison of benefit-cost ratios of a portfolio of flood protection and leakage reduction for water supply systems across the island of Jamaica. A system-level optioneering analysis allows the identification of the optimal adaptation option per system. We estimate that 34% of systems would benefit from flood defences and 53% would benefit from leakage reduction to adaptation to droughts. The benefit that could be achieved by implementing all system optimised adaptation options is estimated to be 720 million Jamaican dollars per year on average, representing a substantial saving for the utility and its customers, including low-income customers. We identify options that offer strong synergies between economic and equity objectives for both types of adaptation option. The proposed framework is established to support the business case for climate adaptation in the water supply sector and to prioritise across flood and drought mitigation options. We take a first step towards mainstreaming equity considerations in water supply sector optioneering frameworks by estimating the contribution of adaptation options towards reducing household costs for low-income customers.

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Assessment of the Groundwater Quality of the Wells of the Kingston Basin, Kingston, Jamaica

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Study of Total Alkalinity Present in the Pond Water Sampe of Nipani Town

Study of Total Alkalinity Present in the Pond Water Sampe of Nipani Town

Prioritising climate adaptation options to minimise financial and distributional impacts of water supply disruptions

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