Project Lead(s): Caetano Dorea
Adequate water supply is a public health intervention aimed at preventing diarrhoeal diseases in relief operations, and children under the age of 5 years and other vulnerable populations are most at risk from preventable enteric infections. This project will develop, test, and evaluate a strategy for semi-decentralized water treatment based on pre-mixed chemical formulations to treat surface water, especially in emergency humanitarian situations. Goals include implementing laboratory and field-based evaluation of water quality improvement; and field-based evaluation of the improvement relative to similar fully decentralized practices.