Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants
Karst Vulnerability and Water Quality in Haiti
Department
Geology Department
College
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Date Range
2012-2013
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Abstract
Access to rural water in Haiti remains the lowest in the Western hemisphere, with only 51% of the population having access to improved drinking water sources compared to an average of 80% for rural areas in Latin America and the Caribbean. While most rural Haitians have access to water, sources are often contaminated with bacterial indicators of fecal contamination. Over four fifths of the surface rocks in Haiti are sedimentary in origin. Abundant limestone, which has been subjected to brittle deformation and dissolution by karst processes, provides aquifers for the storage and circulation of shallow groundwater.
Conference Name
Geologic Society of America - Southeast Section Meeting
Conference Location
San Juan, Puerto Rico
ScholarWorks Citation
Wampler, Peter; Rediske, Richard Dr.; and Molla, Azizur Dr., "Karst Vulnerability and Water Quality in Haiti" (2013). Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants. 1015.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/fsdg/1015
