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Securing Safe Water Supplies

Comparison of Applicable Technologies

  • 1st Edition - September 24, 2012
  • Authors: Erik Voigt, Henry Jaeger, Dietrich Knorr
  • Language: English
  • Paperback ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 0 5 8 8 6 - 6
  • eBook ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 0 5 9 1 1 - 5

Available water disinfection systems rely mainly on large-scale filtration and the combination of filtration (to remove solids), and subsequent application of chemical di… Read more

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Available water disinfection systems rely mainly on large-scale filtration and the combination of filtration (to remove solids), and subsequent application of chemical disinfectants. This has proven to produce water of acceptable quality. Important points for application in household systems are low complexity, few training requirements, and easy transportation and distribution as well as a sufficiently high acceptance by the user.

Written and endorsed by the European Federation of Food Science and Technology this book compares a variety of purification systems. There is a growing evidence base on targeting water quality improvements to maximize health benefits, and it is believed that 4% of the global disease burden could be prevented by improving water supply, sanitation, and hygiene. Better tools and procedures to improve and protect drinking-water quality at the community and urban level, for example, through Water Safety Plans include the availability of simple and inexpensive approaches to treat and safely store water at the household-level.