Conclusion
The Future of Sanitation Until now, I have solely focused on the human influences on levels of water availability and how economic water scarcity can be a principal cause of poor sanitation. I would like to conclude my blogs by outlining the future of these sanitation issues in relation to climate change.Growing freshwater demand coupled with high intrinsic fluctuation of water resources and increased extreme weather events across Africa result in an uncertain future, this evokes questions pertaining to the longevity of localised sanitation systems and infrastructure. The i mpact of intensive rainfall on urban groundwater quality and will require measured strategies to prevent any transmission of pathogens, predominantly faecal to oral. In regard to low-cost, on-site water and sanitation systems often found in informal settlements, there is great shared- use of the subsurface meaning that risk of groundwater contamination from runoff, infiltration, and spill over is high. Increase