Examining Relationships between Household Resources and Water Security in an Urban Philippine Community

Mason, Lisa Reyes

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“…Water is central to human wellbeing, with cross‐cutting consequences for physical health (Geere, Hunter, & Jagals, 2010; Prüss‐Ustün et al, 2014), mental health (Stevenson et al, 2012; Wutich & Ragsdale, 2008), interpersonal relationships and social cohesion (Mason, 2014; Wutich, 2011), and food security (Workman & Ureksoy, 2017; Wutich & Brewis, 2014), among others. Climate change, increased water use, and infrastructure degradation are all exacerbating problems with water (i.e., excess, shortage, contamination), thereby affecting reliable and equitable distribution globally (Cook & Bakker, 2012; Department of Defense, 2014; Webb & Iskandarani, 1998).…”

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Coping strategies for individual and household‐level water insecurity: A systematic review

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Household water insecurity is a complex socioecological challenge with a range of consequences for health and wellbeing. Understanding individual and household‐level coping strategies, i.e., responses or adaptations to manage water insecurity, can shape future research and development practice. We therefore (a) systematically describe the characteristics and contexts of 173 studies documenting coping strategies and (b) classify the types of strategies within four domains of water insecurity: access, use, quality, and reliability. Most studies were from Sub‐Saharan Africa or South Asia. In the domain of access, the most common coping strategies were building infrastructure, and storing, purchasing, and sharing water. For use, changing food consumption, agricultural practices, and hygiene were most frequently mentioned. For quality, water treatment was the most common strategy. To ensure water reliability, people most frequently reported changing routines or relocating their homes altogether. Our review provides a useful framework to understand coping strategies, but more research is needed to address three gaps in particular. First, we recommend more representative exploration of the range of coping strategies, particularly in middle‐ and high‐income countries. Second, the links between coping with water insecurity and a range of other nutritional, social, financial, and health outcomes need to be better understood to address overall household wellbeing. Third, we recommend the development of a metric to quantify individual and household‐level water insecurity‐related coping strategies. This line of inquiry can enable practitioners to design and implement context‐specific interventions that leverage preexisting strategies to improve experiences of water insecurity. This article is categorized under: Human Water > Water Governance Engineering Water > Planning Water

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“…Second, an ideal water insecurity metric or set of metrics would be sensitive to temporal changes and account for the methodological constraints of recall periods. For example, seasonality causes enormous variation in the experience of water insecurity . In addition, socio‐economic cycles and cultural requirements during the life course—migration patterns, reproductive status, acute or chronic homelessness, ceremonial or cultural practices—may impact or be impacted by changing water access, availability, affordability.…”

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Progress in household water insecurity metrics: a cross‐disciplinary approach

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Despite the central importance of water for human wellbeing and development, researchers and practitioners have few tools to quantitatively measure, assess, and compare the scope and scale of household and individual water insecurity across cultural and climatic variations. There are multiple definitions of water insecurity, and the analytical tools for measuring household-level water insecurity are in their infancy. This paper provides an overview and systematic evaluation of current household and individual water in security metrics for human development. We seek to advance micro-level metrics-attending to the considerations of dimensionality, temporality, unit of analysis, and comparabilitybecause they will provide the research community with necessary tools to untangle the complex determinants and outcomes of water insecurity. Moreover, such metrics will support the translation of research outcomes into meaningful and useful products and results for stakeholders, communities, and decision-makers.

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“…An individual water vendor can also operate at multiple levels, depending on their relationship to the source, and whether they provide water directly to customers. Each type of vendor can offer water at a different price point (Kariuki & Schwartz, ), and most urban water markets include multiple vendor types (Baisa, Davis, Salant, & Wilcox, ; Bayliss & Tukai, ; Hailu et al, ; Mason, ; Pangare & Pangare, ; Sima et al, ; Whittington et al, ). Table presents a guide to the multiple types of water sellers in an urban context, based on the infrastructure they use, the ownership of the water source (which determines the price and quality of their product), and whether they are operating as a private vendor or a water utility (Table ).…”

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“…Household storage tanks for rainwater and other water supplies may be used to loan water to neighbors (Mason, ) .…”

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“…In Texas, United States, the perception of poor quality piped water was a major factor in the decision to purchase drinking water from vending machines (Jepson & Brown, ). In Nepal and the Philippines, higher priced vended water was perceived as cleaner than municipal supplies (Gurung et al, ; Mason, ), although this was not necessarily true (Bayliss & Tukai, ; Hailu et al, ). Regulation of vendors could play a significant role in improving water quality.…”

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The diversity of water markets: Prospects and perils for the SDG agenda

O’Donnell

Garrick

2019

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Water markets are used in a wide variety of contexts to (a) increase access to water, and (b) increase water use efficiency by reallocating water to uses with a higher economic value. The global prevalence of water markets may help or hinder achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 6, making it essential to understand their role in water management. However, an overarching understanding of what water markets are and how they work across different regulatory and geographic contexts is surprisingly elusive. The literature separates water markets based on their formality and the nature of the goods and services being sold (typically either domestic water or agricultural), but growing water scarcity and increasing urban water demands means that agricultural and urban water use can no longer be considered separately. This review brings together two disparate strands of literature on water markets: (a) markets as a tool for re-allocation between agricultural uses (including both water rights and irrigation services), and (b) urban water markets to expand access to safe water supplies. Based on a review of 148 studies of water markets, this article explores the similarities and differences between urban and agricultural markets across the spectrum of regulatory formality to identify key findings in water market operation and outcomes, including critiques of market function. Bringing together the work on urban and agricultural water markets highlights important lessons on the role water markets can play in achieving SDG 6.

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Examining Relationships between Household Resources and Water Security in an Urban Philippine Community

Cited by 15 publications

References 44 publications

Coping strategies for individual and household‐level water insecurity: A systematic review

Coping strategies for individual and household‐level water insecurity: A systematic review

Progress in household water insecurity metrics: a cross‐disciplinary approach

The diversity of water markets: Prospects and perils for the SDG agenda

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