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Archive for June, 2011

A Field Study on the Use of Clay Ceramic Water Filters and Influences on the General Health in Nigeria

Icon Written by kai on June 18, 2011 – 9:38 pm

109-790-1-PB.pdf Anand PLAPPALLY1, 3,*, Haoqian CHEN1,2, Wasiu AYINDE4, Samson ALAYANDE4, Andrew USORO1,7, Katie C. FRIEDMAN1,2, Enoch DARE4, Taiwo OGUNYALE6, Ismaiel YAKUB1,6 Megan LEFTWICH5, Karen MALATESTA2, Ron RIVERA8, Larry BROWN3, Alfred SOBOYEJO3 and Winston SOBOYEJO1,5 1Princeton Institute of Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM), 70 Prospect Avenue, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA; 2Department of Chemical and Biological [...]



Scaling Up Household Water Treatment Among Low-Income Populations

Icon Written by kai on June 18, 2011 – 9:31 pm

Who-report-on-scaling-up.pdf Prepared by: Thomas F. Clasen, JD, PhD London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Public Health and Environment Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Health World Health Organization Geneva 2009 SUMMARY Providing safe, reliable, piped-in water to every household is an essential goal, yielding optimal health gains while contributing to the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets [...]



University of Nicaragua Data

Icon Written by kai on June 18, 2011 – 9:29 pm

Univ-of-nicaragua-study.pdf Brief translation Of Results THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF NICARAGUA Center for the Research of Aquatic Resources of Nicaragua REPORT ON THE EFFICEINCY OF CERAMIC FILTERS IN THE REMOVAL OF ORANISISMS WHICH ARE INDICATORS OF CONTAMINATED WATER (COLIFORMES, E. COLI AND ESTREPTOCOCOS FECALES).



Marketing Safe Water Systems

Icon Written by kai on June 18, 2011 – 9:24 pm

Safewater-urs-heierli-1.pdf WHY IT IS SO HARD TO GET SAFE WATER TO THE POOR – AND SO PROFITABLE TO SELL IT TO THE RICH BY URS HEIERLI (Draft Version)   About this publication Author: Urs Heierli is an economist (Ph.D., University of St. Gallen). From 1987 to 1999 he served as country director of SDC – [...]