Community Water Supply WaterReach
Nearly 1 million people die each year from water, sanitation and hygiene-related diseases.
Water Purification
This tragic statistic could be improved by the provision of suitable community water filtration to achieve water purification.
Access to safe community water supply water and sanitation contributes to improved health and helps prevent the spread of infectious disease. It means reduced child and maternal mortality rates.
Many communities in developing countries lack access to a safe water source and have no water security. As a result they suffer poor health outcomes from water-bourn diseases
There is an urgent need for an effective, appropriate and low cost water treatment technology to provide communities with long term access to clean water.
The common practice of boiling water for drinking using firewood contributes to deforestation and climate change. Smoke inhalation within the home has severe health impacts. Poor households may not be able to afford charcoal or firewood for boiling water. A water purification technology would reduce the need to boil water for drinking thus reducing negative climate impact of logging for firewood and charcoal.
Introducing the ClariWash Solution
The ClariWash self-washing filtration system provides a simple and appropriate means of water treatment for communities in developing countries vulnerable to water-bourne disease. The system clarifies, filters and disinfects the water to remove harmful pathogens such as cholera, typhoid and diarrhea, improving the health outcomes of the community. It provides a simple and appropriate purification technology for developing countries.
It is suitable for off grid locations as it has no requirement for power supply, specialist components, trained operatives, or treatment chemicals that are required by some of the more complex imported solutions.
The image shows purification of river water to supply Kagando hospital in west Uganda (project by Christian Engineers in Development)