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  3. Health hazards from water development schemes

Health hazards from water development schemes

  • Spread of disease due to water impoundment
  • Adverse health effects of water resources development
  • Health hazards from water storage projects
  • Health hazards from irrigation schemes

Nature

In the planning, design and operation of irrigation, drainage and other water development schemes, there is a need to incorporate measures for the control of vector-borne diseases (e.g. schistosomiasis and malaria). This problem is partly caused by a lack of cooperation between health and engineering sciences.

Broader

Water-related hazards and dangers
Presentable
Hazards to human health in the natural environment
Presentable
Environmental degradation due to creation of dams
Presentable

Narrower

Increase in pests and diseases through perennial irrigation
Presentable
Animal disease due to increase in irrigation and water conservation
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Schistosomiasis
Presentable
Inadequate disease vector control
Presentable
Dracunculiasis
Presentable
Arboviral diseases
Presentable

Aggravated by

Unethical practice of hydrology
Unpresentable
Mismanagement of irrigation schemes
Yet to rate
Inadequate environmental monitoring
Yet to rate

Reduced by

Inadequate water system infrastructure
Presentable

Related

Loss of river silt
Presentable

Strategy

Training in water sanitation
Presentable
Controlling water-borne diseases
Presentable
Increasing cooperation of riparian countries for assessing transboundary water resources
Yet to rate
Eliminating guinea worm disease
Yet to rate

Reference

Wolf, J de; Oomen, JMV, Jobin, WR: Health and Irrigation: Incoporation of Disease Control Measures in Irrigation: A Multi-Faceted Task in Design, Construction and Operation

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-beingSustainable Development Goal #6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Development » Development
  • Health care » Health
  • Hydrology » Hydrology
  • Hydrology » Water
  • Medicine » Pathology
  • Resources » Resources
  • Societal problems » Hazards
  • Transportation, telecommunications » Storage
    • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E8692
    DOCID
    11586920
    D7NID
    137200
    Last update
    Nov 3, 2022