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 …

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 …

One of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals is to reduce to half by 2015 the
number of people, worldwide, who lack access to safe water. Due to the numerous deaths …

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 …

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 …

Waterborne pathogens present a significant threat to people living with the human
immunodeficiency virus (PLWH). This study presents a randomized, controlled trial that …

A low-cost technology to treat water at the household level is the ceramic silver-impregnated
pot filter (CSF). The CSF consists of a pot-shaped filter element that is placed in a plastic …

There are an estimated 4 billion cases of diarrhoea annually (WHO 2009c). Despite being
largely preventable and treatable, every year 1.8 million people die from diarrhoeal …

Drinking water source contamination poses a great threat to human health in developing
countries. Point-of-use (POU) water treatment techniques, which improve drinking water …

In the last 20 years, the widespread adoption of shallow tubewells in Nepal Terai region
enabled substantial improvement in access to water, but recent national water quality testing …