Template:Did you know nominations/Intermittent water supply

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The result was: Effectively withdrawn per author's request. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:21, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Intermittent water supply

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... ~~that an intermittent water supply situation can be partially offset using storage tanks?~~ Source: In an intermittent supply situation the consumers secure their water through the use of ground and/or roof tanks, where water is stored during the provided supply time. (pg 1)
- ALT1: ... that while an intermittent water supply exists in at least 45 countries water distribution systems aren't intentionally designed intermittent? Source: At least 45 countries deliver intermittent water supply (IWS) ... To our knowledge, no systems have been intentionally designed to provide intermittent supply (pg 7), The primary cause of intermittent water supply is the extension of distribution systems beyond their hydraulic capacity (pg 37)
- ALT3: ... that piped water can be intermittent?

- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Appa Jalgaonkar

Created by FacetsOfNonStickPans (talk). Self-nominated at 17:53, 9 January 2023 (UTC).

Will review. Making some copyedits first. Hameltion (talk, contribs) 20:52, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
- OK, worthy article. Created Jan 2 and nominated in time on Jan 9. Long enough, Earwig does not suggest copyvio, references look very good (some behind paywall). QPQ begun. Some suggestions:
  - Page 37 here (which you cited) has a lot more tangible detail that would be very useful to add to the article (causes like poor metering and low tariff; anxiety, bribes and other issues – basically human details). Not necessary to do now, but something to put on a to-do list.
  - However, please do make sure to redo the sentence that starts "Associated factors resulting from an intermittent supply" – are you just saying that when water is intermittent, users are forced to collect water at the same time (when the pipes are flowing), putting further strain on the system? Good thing to note, but it's hard to understand that sentence.
- Last, the hooks. Part of ALT1 is interesting but I don't love the phrasing. How about:
  - ALT2: ... that while 2.7 billion people lack water pipes, the water supply for a further 1.3 billion is intermittent?
- If that's accurate, could you pull quotes from a source to support it? (I'm paywalled by [1]) Hameltion (talk, contribs) 21:52, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
Note: This was deleted as G7 but since another editor did make edits to it, I believe the G7 was invalid and have undeleted it. Since the OP is indef-blocked, and the nom is no longer on the DYK page, basically this should be treated as withdrawn. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:20, 18 February 2023 (UTC)