Flooding events can inflict major disruption on society and cause significant infrastructural and environmental damage. However, the adverse health impacts of flooding, particularly as they pertain to private groundwater resources used for consumption, are frequently overlooked. Whilst the literature has previously found a lack of well stewardship among private well owners under ‘normal’ conditions, our understanding of private well owners’ perceptions of and preparedness for the risks posed by flooding to their domestic well-water supply is limited. This study advances the qualitative literature on this subject. It is amongst the first qualitative studies employing focus groups to examine private well owners, and the first in an Irish cont...
While growing vulnerability to floods globally emphasizes the need to pursue research in this field,...
As part of efforts to improve water management in Ireland there is a need to promote greater awarene...
peer-reviewedGroundwater derived drinking water sources account for a substantial amount of the wate...
Over 720,000 people in the Republic of Ireland rely on private groundwater resources (i.e. private w...
The frequency and severity of flooding events will increase over the coming decades due to global cl...
peer-reviewedExtreme weather events including flooding can have severe personal, infrastructural, a...
Complex, multi hazard risks such as private groundwater contamination necessitate multiannual risk r...
Risk communication represents the optimal instrument for decreasing the incidence of private groundw...
The mechanisms of private-well groundwater contamination are uniquely complex, necessitating a multi...
Extreme weather events including flooding can have severe personal, infrastructural, and economic co...
Extreme weather events (EWEs) are increasing in frequency, posing a greater risk of adverse human he...
Groundwater contamination constitutes a significant health risk for private well users residing in r...
Unregulated, privately owned water supplies, including groundwater wells, are relied upon extensivel...
Private well users in Ontario are responsible for ensuring the potability of their own private drink...
Significant volumes of research over the past four decades has sought to elucidate the social, infra...
While growing vulnerability to floods globally emphasizes the need to pursue research in this field,...
As part of efforts to improve water management in Ireland there is a need to promote greater awarene...
peer-reviewedGroundwater derived drinking water sources account for a substantial amount of the wate...
Over 720,000 people in the Republic of Ireland rely on private groundwater resources (i.e. private w...
The frequency and severity of flooding events will increase over the coming decades due to global cl...
peer-reviewedExtreme weather events including flooding can have severe personal, infrastructural, a...
Complex, multi hazard risks such as private groundwater contamination necessitate multiannual risk r...
Risk communication represents the optimal instrument for decreasing the incidence of private groundw...
The mechanisms of private-well groundwater contamination are uniquely complex, necessitating a multi...
Extreme weather events including flooding can have severe personal, infrastructural, and economic co...
Extreme weather events (EWEs) are increasing in frequency, posing a greater risk of adverse human he...
Groundwater contamination constitutes a significant health risk for private well users residing in r...
Unregulated, privately owned water supplies, including groundwater wells, are relied upon extensivel...
Private well users in Ontario are responsible for ensuring the potability of their own private drink...
Significant volumes of research over the past four decades has sought to elucidate the social, infra...
While growing vulnerability to floods globally emphasizes the need to pursue research in this field,...
As part of efforts to improve water management in Ireland there is a need to promote greater awarene...
peer-reviewedGroundwater derived drinking water sources account for a substantial amount of the wate...