Table II.
Candidate indicators of water security in an Arctic health context sorted according to security aspect reflected by the measure and the general workshop discernment
| Security aspect | Candidate Indicators | Number of alternative measures considered | Number of indicators discerned by workshop to… | Promoted measure | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| promote | develop | reject | ||||
| Water availability | Per-capita renewable water | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | (m3/capita and year) |
| Water consumption | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | |
| Types of water sources | 4 | 0 | new | 4 | – | |
| Water accessibility | Accessibility of running water | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Percentage of households having running water available in their homes |
| Periodic water shortages | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | |
| Household water costs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | |
| Water safety | Waterborne diseases | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Incidence rate in human |
| Drinking-water-related contaminants | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Exceedings of national threshold levels, Occasions when consumers have been recommended to boil their drinking water, Microbiological quality of water |
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| Authorized water quality assurance | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Proportion of consumers having access of authorized quality assured water | |
| Water safety plans | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Presence of a compulsory water safety plan according to WHO | |
| SUM | 20 | 8 | 2 +new | 10 | ||