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Most households in the districts of Sri Lanka affected by the tsunami possessed drinking water wells, and these wells were contamina
Changes in water quality of a sand aquifer on the east coast of Sri Lanka due to the 26 December 2004 tsunami and subsequent remedia
Kabul and Monrovia, the respective capitals of Afghanistan and Liberia, have recently emerged from long-lasting armed conflicts.
Inadequate sanitation, inadequate water supplies and poor hygiene are critical determinants for survival of victims of natural disas
Following the Asian tsunami of 26 December 2004, the vital domestic fresh-water wells in the coastal zone were either scoured out of
In July 2007, a study by the Centre for Environmental Health Engineering, at the University of Surrey, assessed a modified method of
Recent investigations into the March 2003 outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong have concluded that environmental factors played an importan
The water supply of the rural coastal areas in Sri Lanka is provided by private open dug wells, most of which have been flooded by s
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.
Diarrhoea is one of the five major causes of death in an emergency setting and one of the three main causes of death in children (Cu