Influence of household practices on the performance of clay pot water filters in rural Cambodia

Desalination

Volumn 248, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 562-569

  Murphy, H M ^a   Sampson, M ^b   McBean, E ^a   Farahbakhsh, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Resource Development International Cambodia (RDIC)   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Cambodia; Clay pot water filters; Household water treatment; Storage containers

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL REMOVAL; CAMBODIA; FILTER ELEMENTS; HOUSEHOLD WATER TREATMENT; IMPROPER CLEANING; IMPROPER MAINTENANCE; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SAFE DRINKING WATER; STORAGE CONTAINERS; WATER FILTERS; WATER STORAGE;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CLAY MINERALS; DEWATERING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; POTABLE WATER; WATER RECYCLING; WATER RESOURCES;

WATER FILTRATION;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; DRINKING WATER; FILTER; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SAFETY; WATER STORAGE; WATER TREATMENT;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70349617714     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.05.102     Document Type: Article

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