This study seeks to understand factors that guide the decision-making process to adopt and implement the available arsenic-mitigation technologies in rural areas in the middle-Ganga Plain in India. A total of 340 households comprising 2500 people were surveyed. Socio-economic and demographic factors, water and sanitation status, time spent and distance travelled to collect water, arsenic awareness, willingness to pay (WTP) for arsenic-free water, people’s trust in others and in institutions, social capital in communities, and preferences for sustainable arsenic-mitigation options were investigated. Arsenic treatment units (filters) and piped water supply systems were the most preferred sustainable arsenic-mitigation options in the surveyed villages.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/developing-sustainable-models-arsenic-mitigation-technologies-middle-ganga-plain
[2] http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/113/01/0080.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sushant-k-singh
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/robert-w-taylor
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/haiyan-su
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/arsenic
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/patna-d
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bihar
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water-quality
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-treatment-technology
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rural-water-supply