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On the 16th and 17 November, the new members of the Swiss Water Partnership presented their projects and approaches. The presenting members were: Das blaue Wunder WATALUX Wasser für Wasser Skat Foundation Links2Water Development Listen to the presentations of Day 1 and Day 2, have a look at the presentations or read the summary of [...]
Develop and test participatory and integrated methodology for water tratement (combination of SODIS and in-situ chlorination with WATA devices) and improved hygiene eduaction in 110 schools. A particular focus placed on schools because they are a key environment for social marketing. With their enormous potential to raise awareness and influence the future generation, they play […]
WaterHealth India (WHIN) is a wholly owned subsidiary of WaterHealth International, a company that aims at providing scalable, safe drinking water solutions to underserved areas in India through advanced technology and self-sustaining business models based on WaterHealth Centres. These centres are modular structures that house water purification equipment to treat locally available water. Each WHC produces […]
The goal of this initiative is effective water governance for all water users. One of many methods to achieve this is through Public-Private Partnerships for water services. Partnerships that create clear communication channels among partners and stakeholders are more likely to provide effective water governance. The ten themes in this initiative seek to contribute toward […]
This multi-country project scales the adoption of appropriate technologies through a proven supply chain dissemination approach. The project focuses on facilitating the adoption of micro-irrigation technologies amongst poor, rural farmers and on improving access to safe water systems. The project will provide 300,000 farmers with improved micro-irrigation technologies and 3 million poor households with safe […]
The goal of the project is to supply the new school ‘Ecole mixte Arc-en-Ciel du Haut-Valais’ in Montrouis Haiti (100 children) with clean drinking water with the low-cost Sanakvo-technology by the year 2014. The high-quality and low-cost Sanakvo-water-from-air-technology is well adapted to Haiti, which faces water scarcity due to the destruction of existing water-pipelines and […]
The IRHA Blue Schools Plus programme is specially tailored for mountainous regions. It changes the entire water, hygiene and sanitation conditions in schools, but also targets the local population living in a very difficult geographical and economical context. The project took place in four schools located in the Kaski district of Nepal. They either had […]
Inadequate access to microbiologically safe drinking water continuously threatens the health and well-being of more than a billion people, primarily in developing countries. Decentralized water treatment can be used in regions where central water infrastructure is not available at all, or not reliable. Ultrafiltration is an effective technology to treat water and in principle can […]
The SRC Health Project in China, Tibet Autonomous Region (since 1988) Water scarcity and lack of water quality contributes to the daily hardship of the Tibetan people. Until today most rural families collect water from streams which is unsafe for human consumption. During the long winters water sources are often unusable because of frost. Following […]