Household water treatment systems: A solution to the production of safe drinking water by the low-income communities of Southern Africa

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 14-15, 2011, Pages 1120-1128

  Mwabi, J K ^a   Adeyemo, F E ^a   Mahlangu, T O ^b   Mamba, B B ^b   Brouckaert, B M ^c   Swartz, C D ^c   Offringa, G ^d   Mpenyana Monyatsi, L ^a   Momba, M N B ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d Ikusasa Water Management   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Filters; Household; Safe drinking water; Systems; Treatment; Water borne disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL REMOVAL; BIOSAND FILTER; CERAMIC CANDLE FILTERS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHLOROPHYLL A; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER SAMPLES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIELD STUDIES; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSEHOLD LEVEL; HOUSEHOLD WATER; LITERATURE SURVEY; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES; MEAN PERCENTAGE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINANT; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS; MODIFIED DESIGNS; OVERALL COSTS; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SAFE DRINKING WATER; SAFE STORAGE; SAFE WATER; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SPIKED WATER; STANDARD METHOD; TREATMENT; TURBIDITY REMOVAL; UNITED NATIONS; UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER SOURCE; WATER-BORNE DISEASE; WATER-BORNE PATHOGENS;

BACTERIOLOGY; CHLOROPHYLL; CONTAMINATION; DEWATERING; EFFICIENCY; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW RATE; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; IMPURITIES; MAGNESIUM; POTABLE WATER; REMOVAL; SALMONELLA; SURFACE WATERS; SURVEYS; TURBIDITY;

WATER TREATMENT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTRATION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LOW INCOME HOUSING; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 80054075096     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.07.078     Document Type: Article

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