Today, approximately 884 million people lack access to an improved drinking water (WHO
and UNICEF, 2008). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), contaminated …

Pure Home Water (PHW) is a non-profit social enterprise that was founded by Susan Murcott
and local partners in 2005, and is registered in Tamale in Northern Ghana. The goals of …

Pure Home Water (PHW) is a social enterprise that promotes and disseminates household
drinking water technologies in the Northern Region of Ghana. Currently their main product is …

This paper outlines Pure Home Water's efforts to promote household drinking water
treatment and safe storage (HWTS) products to low income customers in the Northern …

In 2009, Pure Home Water (PHW), a Ghana based non-profit organization working to
provide affordable and safe drinking water to people in the Northern Region of Ghana …

Through a Rotary Club contract, PHW will sell Kosim filters and install Tippy-Tap hand-
washing stations in 1250 households in Northern Ghana. This thesis presents the following …

The Kosim filter is a ceramic water filter that is currently used in Northern Ghana. Based on
prior MIT research in Northern Ghana, this technology is effective at removing 92% of …

The lack of access to safe, reliable water sources remains a problem for many people in
developing countries. According the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United …

Many households in Nigeria lack access to safe drinking water. Sixty-three percent (63%) of
the nation's population live in rural areas where only 3% of households have access to …

A great deal of progress has been made in the past decade demonstrating that household
water treatment and safe storage (HWTS) improve the microbiological quality of water stored …