Imperial College London
Alternate

Professor Michael Templeton

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Professor of Public Health Engineering
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 6099m.templeton

 
 
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Assistant

 

Miss Judith Barritt +44 (0)20 7594 5967

 
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Location

 

303Skempton BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Moulds:2022:10.1371/journal.pone.0265167,
author = {Moulds, S and Chan, ACH and Tetteh, JD and Bixby, H and Owusu, G and Agyei-Mensah, S and Ezzati, M and Buytaert, W and Templeton, M},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0265167},
journal = {PLoS One},
pages = {1--22},
title = {Sachet water in Ghana: a spatiotemporal analysis of the recent upward trend in consumption and its relationship with changing household characteristics, 2010-2017},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265167},
volume = {17},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The consumption of packaged water in Ghana has grown significantly in recent years. By 2017, “sachet water” – machine-sealed 500ml plastic bags of drinking water – was consumed by 33% of Ghanaian households. Reliance on sachet water has previously been associated with the urban poor, yet recent evidence suggests a customer base which crosses socioeconomic lines. Here, we conduct a repeated cross-sectional analysis of three nationally representative datasets to examine the changing demography of sachet water consumers between 2010 and 2017. Our results show that over the course of the study period sachet water has become a ubiquitous source of drinking water in Ghana, with relatively wealthy households notably increasing their consumption. In 2017, the majority of sachet water drinking households had access to another improved water source. The current rate and form of urbanisation, inadequate water governance, and an emphasis on cost recovery pose significant challenges for the expansion of the piped water supply network, leading us to conclude that sachet water will likely continue to be a prominent source of drinking water in Ghana for the foreseeable future. The main challenge for policymakers is to ensure that the growing sachet water market enhances rather than undermines Ghana’s efforts towards achieving universal and equitable access to clean drinking water and sanitation.
AU  - Moulds,S
AU  - Chan,ACH
AU  - Tetteh,JD
AU  - Bixby,H
AU  - Owusu,G
AU  - Agyei-Mensah,S
AU  - Ezzati,M
AU  - Buytaert,W
AU  - Templeton,M
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0265167
EP  - 22
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 1932-6203
SP  - 1
TI  - Sachet water in Ghana: a spatiotemporal analysis of the recent upward trend in consumption and its relationship with changing household characteristics, 2010-2017
T2  - PLoS One
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265167
UR  - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0265167
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/96291
VL  - 17
ER  -
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