A post-implementation evaluation of ceramic water filters distributed to tsunami-affected communities in Sri Lanka

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-220

  Casanova, Lisa M ^a   Walters, Adam ^b   Naghawatte, Ajith ^c   Sobsey, Mark D ^d  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramic water filter; Disaster; Point of use; Sri lanka; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

CERAMICS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; FILTER; FLOW PATTERN; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NATURAL HAZARD; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; FILTER; FLOW RATE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RISK REDUCTION; SRI LANKA; TSUNAMI; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CERAMICS; DATA COLLECTION; DISASTERS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FILTRATION; HUMANS; SRI LANKA; TSUNAMIS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

SRI LANKA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84863092112     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2012.181     Document Type: Article

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