The capacity gap: Understanding impediments to sustainable drinking water systems in rural Newfoundland and Labrador
The capacity gap: Understanding impediments to sustainable drinking water systems in rural Newfoundland and Labrador
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能力差距：了解纽芬兰和拉布拉多农村可持续饮用水系统的障碍
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10.1080/07011784.2016.1256232
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2017
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K. Vodden
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Sarah Minnes;K. Vodden
本文概述了一个为期两年的研究项目，研究农村和小城镇纽芬兰和拉布拉多的饮用水挑战的结果。采用了混合方法，包括文献审查、媒体扫描、动因-压力-状态-影响-反应分析、政策讲习班、社区调查和协商、案例研究和关键知情人访谈。这项跨学科研究审查了饮用水系统的四个相互关联的组成部分：水源水质和水量;水基础设施和运作;公众的看法、认识和需求;政策和治理。查明的问题包括：老化、退化和不适当的基础设施;高消毒副产品;氯的使用和滥用;长期使用沸水;使用未经处理的水源;以及对水源的保护最低。正如加拿大其他地方的其他研究所发现的那样，在纽芬兰和拉布拉多人口不超过1 000人的社区，当地行为者往往表现出技术/人力、社会、机构和财政能力不足，无法解决他们的饮用水挑战。需要新的水事政策和治理安排，强调战略性和有效的投资，包括利用区域办法、长期规划和资产管理活动。此外，需要更加注重能力发展，以及决策者、工作人员、公众和其他群体的参与和教育，以帮助地方政府应对饮用水挑战。
This article outlines the results of a two-year research project that examined drinking water challenges in rural and small-town Newfoundland and Labrador. A mixed-methods approach was used, including literature review, media scans, a driver-pressure-state-impact-response analysis, policy workshops, community surveys and consultations, case studies and key informant interviews. This interdisciplinary study examined four interrelated components of drinking water systems: source water quality and quantity; water infrastructure and operations; public perception, awareness and demand; and policy and governance. Issues identified include: aging, degrading and inappropriate infrastructure; high disinfectant by-products; use and misuse of chlorine; long-term boil water advisories; use of untreated water sources; and minimal source water protection. As other studies have found elsewhere in Canada, local actors in Newfoundland and Labrador communities of 1000 or fewer often exhibit inadequate technical/human, social, institutional and financial capacity to address their drinking water challenges. New water policies and governance arrangements are needed that emphasize strategic and efficient investments, including the utilization of regional approaches, long-term planning and asset management activities. Furthermore, greater focus is needed on capacity development and the engagement and education of decision makers, staff, the public, and other groups that can help local governments address their drinking water challenges.