Household Water Treatment and Storage Systems (HWTS)¶
- Overview
- Types of HWTS
- Guidelines for HWTS
- Implementation of HWTS
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Overview
Household Drinking Water Treatment and Safe Storage Systems (HWTS) comprise a cluster of innovative technologies that have come into existence since the 1990s. As a part of a class of social technologies to end poverty, these technologies have a number of powerful and appealing characteristics—they are simple, self-reliant, local, user-friendly and low-cost.
Proponents of HWTS systems point to the need for effective technologies for rural, sparsely populated areas and rapidly growing, unplanned, peri-urban areas, which are not well served by large centralized systems.
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Different Types of HWTS
Chlorination
- SafeWater System (SWS)
- Jolivert Safe Water for Families - Haiti (JSWF)
Filtration (Biosand)¶
- BioSand Filters (BSF)
- Samaritan's Purse
Filtration (Ceramic)
- Potters for Peace (PFP) - Ceramic Filters
Solar Disinfection
Combined Flocculation/Chlorination
- PuR Purifier of Water Packets
Guidelines
- World Health Organization
Implementation
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