this exploratory study was that, due to lack of information about the superior quality of the water from the deep
well, Lemoa’s residents would not associate the well water with better health outcomes than those attained
through their usual drinking water. To determine whether the newly installed well had had any impact on the
local perceptions of drinking water, and of perceptions of well water in general, the same survey was
administered to residents of Camanchaj, a town several kilometres removed from Lemoa with similar population
(between 2,000 and 3,0001
) and demographic characteristics, but with no high-quality well water. It was
hypothesized that general beliefs regarding well water (agua que sale del suelo) would not significantly differ
between the two populations, as use of the Lemoa well had fallen below expectations.
Survey results from the initial visits in 2004 indicated that, although Lemoa's residents were in fact aware of the
public groundwater spigot and understood that it was freely available to the community, they did not appear to
discriminate between the quality of water from this source and their traditional sources. However, Camanchaj
residents, who probably associated the term “well-water” with shallow, hand-dug wells which are subject to
contamination, exhibited a much lower level of confidence in well water than did Lemoa’s residents.
These preliminary findings led us to believe that the reason for the low volume of use at the Lemoa well was
lack of education. Accordingly, a second team of investigators assembled a set of educational materials
showing potential implications of unsafe drinking practices. These were administered to residents of both
villages, along with survey materials, in Spring of 2005.
this exploratory study was that, due to lack of information about the superior quality of the water from the deepwell, Lemoa’s residents would not associate the well water with better health outcomes than those attainedthrough their usual drinking water. To determine whether the newly installed well had had any impact on thelocal perceptions of drinking water, and of perceptions of well water in general, the same survey wasadministered to residents of Camanchaj, a town several kilometres removed from Lemoa with similar population(between 2,000 and 3,0001) and demographic characteristics, but with no high-quality well water. It washypothesized that general beliefs regarding well water (agua que sale del suelo) would not significantly differbetween the two populations, as use of the Lemoa well had fallen below expectations.Survey results from the initial visits in 2004 indicated that, although Lemoa's residents were in fact aware of thepublic groundwater spigot and understood that it was freely available to the community, they did not appear todiscriminate between the quality of water from this source and their traditional sources. However, Camanchajresidents, who probably associated the term “well-water” with shallow, hand-dug wells which are subject tocontamination, exhibited a much lower level of confidence in well water than did Lemoa’s residents.These preliminary findings led us to believe that the reason for the low volume of use at the Lemoa well waslack of education. Accordingly, a second team of investigators assembled a set of educational materials
showing potential implications of unsafe drinking practices. These were administered to residents of both
villages, along with survey materials, in Spring of 2005.
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