The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes point-of-use water treatment (PoUWT)
technologies as effective means to improve water quality. This paper investigates long-term …

Diarrheal disease and environmental enteropathy are serious public health concerns in low-
income countries. In an effort to reduce enteric infection, researchers at the University of …

In this study, we report on field testing of ceramic water filters (CWFs) fabricated using a new
method of silver application (using silver nitrate as a raw material) compared to …

The silver-impregnated Ceramic Water Purifier (CWP) is a low-cost household water filter
that removes micro-biological contamination at the point of use. One thousand CWPs were …

The sustainable access to clean and safe water has resulted to improved health outcomes.
Millions of deaths of underage children have been linked to the consumption of microbial …

The World Health Organization (WHO)/UNICEF assessed in 2000 that 1.1 billion people do
not have access to 'improved drinking-water sources'. Interventions in hygiene, sanitation …

This study evaluates the social, economic, and environmental sustainability of ceramic filters
impregnated with silver nanoparticles for point-of-use (POU) drinking water treatment in …

Point-of-use (POU) technologies have been proposed as solutions for meeting the
Millennium Development Goal (MDG) for safe water. They reduce the risk of contamination …

The ceramic silver-impregnated pot filter (CSF) is a low-cost drinking water treatment system
currently produced in many factories worldwide. The objective of this study is to gather …

This work describes a novel method to embed silver in ceramic porous media in the form of
metallic silver nanopatches. This method has been applied to develop a new POU …