Water Treatment

Water treatment at the household level (termed household water treatment or point-of-use water treatment) comprises activities and projects used to improve water quality at the home. Examples of these projects include: chlorine tablet distributions (i.e. Aquatabs®), use of liquid chlorine, flocculant/disinfectants (i.e. P&G Purifier of Water™), ceramic water filters, biosand filters, hollow-fiber filters, solar disinfection, and boiling.
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Chlorination of hand-dug wells in Morovia

In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks. Various chlorination methods were evaluated to determine their appropriateness and efficacy, both for public health emergencies and sustainable community-managed systems. 

Publication year: 2006    Reporting Agency: Oxfam GB    Author(s): Garandeau_R., Trevett_A., Bastable_A.

Household Water Filters and Waterborne Epidemics: A Case Study from South Sudan

In  2016,  the  Technical  Working  Group  (TWiG)  of  the  national  WaSH  Cluster  of  South  Sudan  focused  on  water  filter  technologies  in  order  to  assess  the  suitability  of  the  many  filter  products  available  for  application  in  WaSH  interventions  within  South  Sudan.  H

Publication year: 2018    Reporting Agency: Loughborough University    Author(s): Acquistapace_A., Bastable_A., Lay_J., McCubbin_C., Vahanian_A.