Abstract
Drinking water samples were collected from the water source, water delivery truck, domestic water storage tanks, and at the point of use in a decentralized drinking water system in Pond Inlet, Nunavut, a predominantly Inuit community in Canada's Arctic region.
Highlights
GI symptoms with tap water.[3]
The results of this study suggest that point of use drinking water quality in Pond Inlet was out of compliance with territorial and federal water quality guidelines, influenced by both system-wide and building-specific factors; and vulnerable to microbial water quality hazards
Turbidity and colour exceeded Health Canada and Nunavut territorial water quality recommended guidelines while free chlorine was below territorial recommendations for drinking water
Summary
GI symptoms with tap water.[3]. Many people consume water from secondary sources such as brooks, lakes, or icebergs or purchase bottled water. The use of gathered or purchased water is related to traditional lifestyle and/or personal preferences associated with aesthetic water quality[3,4,5,6,7] but it is used as a coping mechanism in communities that experience frequent water shortages.[5] Challenges such as incomplete monitoring, lack of trained personnel, and difficulty maintaining chlorine residual after disinfection further complicate the provision of clean and safe drinking water in Arctic communities.[5,8,9] climate change has resulted increased temperatures, decreasing permafrost, and, depending on local soil conditions and lake characteristics, increased inputs of phosphorus and other nutrients[10,11] in Arctic regions. These changes have been linked to potentially negative impacts on environmental and social determinants of Inuit health including food and water security[12] as well as on water and sanitation systems in Arctic regions.[13]
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