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dc.date.accessioned2011-04-01T10:04:48Zen
dc.date.available2011-04-01T10:04:48Zen
dc.date.issued2008-06-03
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/126715
dc.description<p>Historically, interventions to provide people with safe water have focussed on improving water sources. However there is now a consensus among the WatSan community that even if the drinking water source is safe it can easily be re-contaminated during its transportation and storage in the household (Clasen and Bastable, 2003). A safe water intervention should therefore begin with an improved water supply and be followed by safe water collection, handling and storage. In circumstances where the source is not deemed safe, point of use water treatment should be performed. All of these should be coupled with hygiene promotion activities to ensure correct understanding, use and maintenance of the hardware. This technical brief presents the current options for safe storage and point of use water treatment. It is intended to help field staff working in a variety of locations to decide upon the most appropriate course of action for providing safe water for the communities in which they work. The effectiveness of household water treatment options now and in the future rely to a huge extent on user compliance; it is critical that users are involved in the decision making process, and are aware of the purpose, how to use, maintain and manage their household water options. The brief therefore details relevant hygiene promotion steps for the different treatment options.</p>en_US
dc.format.extent15en_US
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherOxfam GBen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesOxfam Technical Briefing Notesen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/household-water-treatment-and-storage-126715
dc.subjectHumanitarian
dc.subjectConflict and disasters
dc.titleHousehold Water Treatment and Storageen_US
dc.typeTechnical briefingen_US
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use. Can be shared outside Oxfam.en_US
oxfam.subject.countryCambodiaen_US
oxfam.subject.countryPakistanen_US
oxfam.subject.countrySudanen_US
oxfam.subject.countryUgandaen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordWater and sanitationen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordHumanitarian practiceen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordConflicten_US
oxfam.subject.keywordDisastersen_US
dc.year.issuedate2008en_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-08-17T14:59:12Z


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