Correction to "Disaster Preparedness and Perceptions of People who Experienced Water Insecurity: Insights from the Lloyd's Register Foundation's World Risk Poll".

Authors

Joshua F Inwald, Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Marc Yaggi

Published in

Environmental science & technology. Volume 60. Issue 33. Pages 23570-23579. Aug 25, 2026.

Abstract

Water insecurity refers to lacking stable access to enough safe water for drinking and domestic use. To understand the communication needs of individuals who have experienced water insecurity, we analyzed World Risk Poll data from over 125,000 participants across 121 countries. We present three key findings. First, having experienced water insecurity was associated with lower perceived disaster preparedness. Second, participants who had experienced water insecurity trusted disaster information providers slightly less, though local media and emergency services were highly trusted. Third, worry about water safety was more strongly correlated with worry about severe weather than with worry about climate change, especially among individuals who had experienced water insecurity. Therefore, individuals who have experienced water insecurity may benefit from communications that improve disaster preparedness, leverage local media and emergency services, and emphasize threats of severe weather to water safety.

PMID:
42674665
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 01 Sep 2026.

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