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Comparative analysis of hybridized solutions to water resources management in Burkina Faso, India and Peru
(Taylor and Francis, 2020)
Hybridization of ‘green’ and engineered infrastructure, informed by protecting or restoring catchment processes, can resolve interconnected demands on catchment ecosystems, potentially also reversing historic degradation ...
The meanings of water: Socio-Cultural perceptions of solar disinfected (SODIS) drinking water in Bolivia and implications for its uptake
(MDPI, 2020)
Solar disinfection (SODIS) of drinking water is a cost-effective household water treatment (HWT) method. Despite its simplicity of use, evidence suggest that SODIS water uptake remains lower than implementers planned. In ...
Water footprint and virtual water trade of mize in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021-06)
Agriculture is the largest fresh water consuming sector, and maize is the most produced and consumed crop worldwide. The water footprint (WF) methodology quantifies and evaluates the water volumes consumed and polluted by ...
An assessment of drinking water contamination with Helicobacter pylori in Lima, Peru
(Wiley, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori is a gut bacterium that is the primary cause of gastric cancer. H. pylori infection has been consistently associated with lack of access to sanitation and clean drinking water. In this study, ...
Contribution of leaf water uptake to transpiration and water status in arid ecosystems
(International Society for Horticultural Science, 2020-12)
Foliar water uptake (FWU) could be relevant for plants, allowing them to use alternative water sources than the primary one that is soil water uptake and thus prevent dehydration especially during the dry season in ...
Water in Mexico CityEl agua en la Ciudad de México
(Facultad de Ciencias, 2010)
Water footprint of lemon production in Argentina
(Elsevier Science, 2021-11)
This work comes to fill a knowledge gap regarding the sustainability of the lemon industry. The motivation is the prominent role of the citrus sector in the economy of the northwest of Argentina and in the world: Argentina ...