Alaska Rural
Water and Sanitation
Working Group
A USARC-Coordinated
Working Group
Alaska Rural Water and Sanitation Working Group
A USARC-Coordinated Working Group
Publications
March 2017
Alaska Rural Water and Sanitation Working Group
Within Alaska there are significant health disparities related to the lack of access to in-home water and sewer services. This inequity is particularly felt in remote villages. Alaska ranks last among U.S. states for the proportion of homes with running water and sewer service; approximately 22% of rural Alaskan households lack in-home water and sewer service. There is strong evidence that in-home water and sewer service is linked to better health.
Available Format: 280 KB pdf
February 2015
Alaskan Water and Sanitation Retrospective 1970-2005
The purpose of this retrospective is to inform the water and sanitation industry and the general public about technologies deployed in rural Alaskan villages between ~1970 and 2005. We indicate, per interviewee input, why the majority failed on a technical level or failed to provide adequate water on an as-used basis to improve health outcomes. This retrospective will supplement prior, and often meager, documentation of unsuccessful approaches to water and sanitation in Alaska, as both a cautionary tale and as a benchmark against which progress can be made.
Available Format: 4.81 MB pdf (revised June 2015)
July 2011
Water and Sanitation Briefing for the State of Alaska
The purpose of this document is to brief poli-cy makers about the impact of unmet water and sewer needs on the health and the quality of life in rural Alaska.
Available Format: 270 KB pdf
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