This review paper summarizes the problem of household water treatment and discusses chlorination, solar disinfection, and safe storage as household water treatment options.
MINTZ, E. ; BARTRAM, J. ; LOCHERY, P. ; WEGELIN, M. (2001): Not Just a Drop in the Bucket: Expanding Access to Point-of-Use Water Treatment Systems. In: American Journal of Public Health: Volume 91 , 1565-1570. URL [Accessed: 20.05.2019]Read more about EAWAGs Gravity-Driven Membrane (GDM) technology project. There also downloads available.
Resource Development International (RDI) has implemented various projects designed to provide clean water to rural villagers of Cambodia. This page briefly describes some of the explored technical solutions, including ceramic filtration, rainwater harvesting, arsenic testing, pumps and some latrines.
A 3-page factsheet on water boiling, focussing on treatment efficiency, operating criteria and other information on boiling.
CAWST (2009): Boiling. Fact Sheet. Calgary: Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST) URL [Accessed: 20.05.2019]
In this brochure, the Life Straw concept is described as well as the reasons of it development and how this filters have to be operated and maintained.
VESTERGAARD FRANDSEN (2011): Life Straw. Lausanne: Vestergaard Frandsen URL [Accessed: 20.05.2019]
Simplified factsheet on the principles, construction, operation and maintenance of ceramic pot filters for drinking water treatment ion developing countries.
CAWST (2009): Ceramic Pot Filter. Fact Sheet - Simplified. (= Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage Fact Sheet - Simplified ). Center for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST) URL [Accessed: 20.05.2019]
Water, Hygiene and Sanitation Posters - The presentation includes 30 posters with key messages and questions on water, hygiene and sanitation. They are adapted for different regions including: Africa, Latin America, South Asia, Southeast Asia; and are available in multiple languages.
CAWST (2008): Water Hygiene Sanitation Poster Presentation. Alberta: Center for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST) URL [Accessed: 20.05.2019]
Factsheet compilation on the principles, construction, operation and maintenance of HWTS options.
CAWST (2009): Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage Fact Sheets - Academic. Alberta: Center for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST) URL [Accessed: 20.05.2019]
This study examines the microbiological effectiveness of locally produced ceramic filters in laboratory and field level at Cambodia.
BROWN, J.M. (2007): Effectiveness of ceramic filtration for drinking water treatment in Cambodia. (= PhD Dissertation ). Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina URL [Accessed: 20.05.2019]
Simplified factsheet on the principles, construction, operation and maintenance of ceramic candle filters for drinking water treatment in developing countries
CAWST (2009): Ceramic Candle Filter. Fact Sheet - Simplified. (= Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage Fact Sheet - Simplified ). Center for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST) URL [Accessed: 20.05.2019]
This Technical Brief is the second of two which examine the treatment of water at household level. It considers treatment by coagulation, flocculation, filtration and solar distillation and covers aspects of the reduction of some chemical concentrations.
SKINNER, B. SHAW, R. (1999): Household water treatment 2. London & Loughborough: Water And Environmental Health at London and Loughborough (Well). Technical brief 59 URL [Accessed: 20.05.2019]
Case study from Nicaragua on the dissemination of locally constructed enhanced ceramic filters (colloidal silver filters)
IDEASS (n.y): FILTRON. Ceramic Filters for Drinking Water. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and ILO/Universitas URL [Accessed: 20.05.2019]Website of RDI Cambodia to learn more about Ceramic Filtration.