Health impacts of water and sanitation insecurity in the Global North: a scoping literature review for U.S. colonias on the Mexico border

• Autori principali: Madeleine Zheng (Autore), Amber Wutich (Autore), Alexandra Brewis (Autore), Stavros Kavouras (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: IWA Publishing, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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U.S. border colonias are peri-urban settlements along the U.S.-Mexico border. Residents often face substandard housing, inadequate septic and sewer systems, and unsafe or inadequate household water. As of 2015, an estimated 30% of over 5 million U.S. colonia residents lacked access to clean drinking...