There are many solutions for providing safe water.  Some are low cost and others require more funding.  We seek to provide funding for various solutions. Our goal is to deploy as many Village Systems as possible. Our partners in-county provide recommendations. Filtration and Chlorination combination systems seem to be the best for long term safe water. For more information.. give us a call. 877 532 2919 or email us.

HOUSEHOLD WATER TREATMENT AND SAFE STORAGE OPTIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:

A REVIEW OF CURRENT IMPLEMENTATION PRACTICES

By Daniele S. Lantagne, Robert Quick, and Eric D. Mintz

The United Nations’ International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade (1981–1990) failed to achieve its goal of universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation by 1990 (World Health Organization [WHO], 2003). Even though service levels rose by more than 10 percent during the decade, 1.1 billion people still lacked access to improved water supplies, and 2.4 billion people were without adequate sanitation, in 1990 (WHO/UNICEF, 2000). Reasons cited for the decade’s failure include population growth, fund­ing limitations, inadequate operation and mainte­nance, and continuation of a traditional “business as usual” approach (WHO/UNICEF, 1992).

The world is on schedule to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG), adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2000 and revised after the World Summit on Sustainable Develop­ment in Johannesburg, to “halve, by 2015, the pro­portion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation” (World Bank Group, 2004; WHO/ UNICEF, 2004). However, success still leaves more than 600 million people without access to safe water in 2015 (WHO/ UNICEF, 2000). In addition, although the MDG target specifically states the provision of “safe” drink­ing water, the metric used to assess the MDG target is the provision of water from “improved” sources, such as boreholes or household connections, as it is difficult to assess whether water is safe at the house­hold level (WHO/UNICEF, 2004). Thus, many more people than estimated may drink unsafe water from improved sources. 

HOUSEHOLD WATER TREATMENT AND SAFE STORAGE

To overcome the difficulties in providing safe water and sanitation to those who lack it, we need to move away from “business as usual” and research novel interventions and effective implementation strategies that can increase the adoption of tech­nologies and improve prospects for sustainability. Despite general support for water supply and sani­tation, the most appropriate and effective interven­tions in developing countries are subject to signifi­cant debate. The weak links among the water, health, and financial sectors could be improved by communication programs emphasizing health¹—as well as micro- and macroeconomic—benefits that could be gained.  .. more on demand..