scholarly journals Making Fe0-Based Filters a Universal Solution for Safe Drinking Water Provision

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elham Naseri ◽  
Arnaud Ndé-Tchoupé ◽  
Hezron Mwakabona ◽  
Charles Nanseu-Njiki ◽  
Chicgoua Noubactep ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Safe Drinking Water ◽  
Universal Solution ◽  
Water Provision

Metallic iron for safe drinking water provision: Considering a lost knowledge

2017 ◽  
Vol 117 ◽  
pp. 127-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hezron T. Mwakabona ◽  
Arnaud Igor Ndé-Tchoupé ◽  
Karoli N. Njau ◽  
Chicgoua Noubactep ◽  
Kerstin D. Wydra
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Metallic Iron ◽  
Safe Drinking Water ◽  
Water Provision

scholarly journals Special Issue on Planning, Designing and Managing Decentralized Drinking Water Supply System—Editorial

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 930
Author(s):  
Chicgoua Noubactep
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
Water Source ◽  
Filter Material ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Water Filtration ◽  
Safe Drinking Water ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Acceptable Solution ◽  
Water Provision

The growing demands for affordable and applicable technologies for decentralized safe drinking water provision have instigated technical innovations in the water filtration industry. Adsorptive filtration appears to be the most affordable, resilient, and socially acceptable solution for households and small communities worldwide. However, water filtration devices have not yet been widely implemented due to lack of awareness for the efficiency of such systems using locally available materials. Water filtration has the potential to secure universal access to safe drinking water by 2030. This special issue has elucidated the applicability, benefits, constraints, effectiveness, and limitations of metallic iron as filter material for safe drinking water provision. Tools to make rainwater a primary water source are also presented together with ways to transform existing centralized water management systems into decentralized ones (sectorization). The knowledge is applicable to a wide variety of situations on a global scale.

scholarly journals Impact of the Provision of Safe Drinking Water on School Absence Rates in Cambodia: A Quasi-Experimental Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 66 (Suppl. 3) ◽  
pp. 31-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul R. Hunter ◽  
Helen Risebro ◽  
Marie Yen ◽  
Héléne Lefebvre ◽  
Chay Lo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Negative Binomial ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Free Water ◽  
Safe Drinking Water ◽  
School Absence ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Water Provision ◽  
Treated Drinking Water

Background: Education is one of the most important drivers for helping people in developing countries lift themselves out of poverty. However, even when schooling is available absenteeism rates can be high. Recently, focus is being given on whether or not WASH interventions can help reduce absenteeism in developing countries. However, none has focused exclusively on the role of drinking water provision. We report a study on the association between absenteeism and provision of treated water in containers maintained in schools. Methods and Findings: We undertook a quasi-experimental longitudinal study of absenteeism rates in 8 schools, 4 of which received one 20 l container of treated drinking water per day. The water had been treated by filtration and ultraviolet disinfection. Weekly absenteeism rates were compared across all schools using the negative binomial model in generalized estimating equations. There was a strong association between the provision of free water and reduced absenteeism (Incidence rate ratio = 0.39 (95% confidence intervals 0.27-0.56)). However, there was also a strong association with season (wet versus dry) and a significant interaction between receiving free water and season. In one of the intervention schools, it was discovered that the water supplier was not fulfilling his contract and was not delivering sufficient water each week. In this school, we showed a significant association between the number of water containers delivered each week and absenteeism (IRR = 0.98 95% CI 0.96-1.00). Conclusion: There appears to be a strong association between providing free and safe drinking water and reduced absenteeism, although only in the dry season. The mechanism for this association is not clear but may be in part due to improved hydration leading to improved school experience for the children.

scholarly journals Designing Iron-Amended Biosand Filters for Decentralized Safe Drinking Water Provision

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (8) ◽  
pp. 798-807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chicgoua Noubactep ◽  
Emile Temgoua ◽  
Mohammad A. Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Safe Drinking Water ◽  
Biosand Filters ◽  
Water Provision

scholarly journals Universal Access to Safe Drinking Water: Escaping the Traps of Non-Frugal Technologies

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 9645
Author(s):  
Zhe Huang ◽  
Esther Laurentine Nya ◽  
Viet Cao ◽  
Willis Gwenzi ◽  
Mohammad Azizur Rahman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
Safe Drinking Water ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
Do It Yourself ◽  
Water Provision ◽  
Treated Drinking Water

This communication is motivated by recent publications discussing the affordability of appropriate decentralized solutions for safe drinking water provision in low-income communities. There is a huge contrast between the costs of presented technologies, which vary by a factor of up to 12. For example, for the production of 2000 L/d of treated drinking water, the costs vary between about 1500 and 12,000 Euro. A closer look at the technologies reveals that expensive technologies use imported manufactured components or devices that cannot yet be locally produced. In the battle to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal for safe drinking water (SDG 6.1), such technologies should be, at best, considered as bridging solutions. For a sustainable self-reliance in safe drinking water supply, do-it-yourself (DIY) systems should be popularized. These DIY technologies include biochar and metallic iron (Fe0) based systems. These relevant technologies should then be further improved through internal processes.

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