This page will contain links to reports, articles, presentations, etc. that are supported by USAID (back to 2007).
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2010 Publications
- Public-Private Partnership Model for Point-of-Use Water Disinfection among Lower Income Households: A demonstration project In Uttar Pradesh, India. October 2010. Washington, DC: Point-of-Use Water Disinfection and Zinc Treatment (POUZN) Project.
- USAID – Point-of-Use Water Treatment: What Do We Know? How to Move Forward? 2010. (pdf, 500KB) – A report on the USAID-sponsored meeting: Household Water Treatment: What Do We Know? How to Move Forward?
2009 Publications
- Boiling: Household Water Treatment Options in Developing Countries. January 2009. CDC Safewater/USAID. (pdf, 538KB). Boiling is arguably the oldest and most commonly practiced household water treatment method, and it has been widely promoted for decades. Organizations recommend boiling both for water treatment in developing countries and to provide safe drinking water in emergency situations throughout the world.
- Filtration & Chlorination Systems: Household Water Treatment Options in Developing Countries. January 2009. CDC Safewater/USAID. (pdf, 150KB). Several household water treatment systems incorporate both a physical filtration step for particle removal and a chlorination step for disinfection. This dual approach leads to high quality treated water.
- Safe Storage of Drinking Water: Preventing Diarrheal Disease in Developing Countries. January 2009. CDC Safewater/USAID. (pdf, 254KB). Safe storage options fall into three general categories: 1) existing water storage containers in the home; 2) water storage containers used in the community and modified by an intervention program; or, 3) commercial safe storage containers purchased by the program and distributed to users.
- Simple Options to Remove Turbidity: Preventing Diarrheal Disease in Developing Countries. January 2009. CDC Safewater/USAID. (pdf, 173KB). Filtration or flocculation remove particles and reduce turbidity. These pretreatment methods may also increase the efficacy of household water treatment products by removing contaminants that interfere with disinfection and physical filtration processes.
2008 Publications – Household Water Treatment Options in Developing Countries Fact Sheets
- Ceramic Filtration (pdf, 128KB)
- Flocculant/Disinfectant Powder (pdf, 162KB)
- Household Chlorination (pdf, 213KB)
- Safe Water System (pdf, 244KB)
- Solar Disinfection (SODIS) (pdf, 161KB)
- Proven Household Water Treatment Options (pdf, 143KB)
- Interventions to Reduce Diarrheal Disease (pdf, 116KB)
2007 Publications
- Best Practices in Social Marketing Safe Water Solution for Household Water Treatment: Lessons Learned from Population Services International Field Programs. 2007. The Social Marketing Plus for Diarrheal Disease Control: Point-of-Use Water Disinfection and Zinc Treatment (POUZN) Project. Abt Associates Inc., Bethesda, MD. This paper synthesizes lessons learned, best practices, successes and challenges of social marketing safe water solution, and discusses how these lessons may be applied to planning safe water treatment programs around the globe.
