Point-of-use water purifcation using clay pot water flters and copper mesh

Water SA

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 721-726

  Varkey, A J ^a   Dlamini, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

Author keywords

Clay; Copper; E. coli; Porous pot; POU water flter; Sawdust; Total coliform

Indexed keywords

CLEAN WATERS; COLIFORM CONCENTRATIONS; COLIFORMS; CONTAMINATED WATER; COPPER MESHES; CRITICAL PARAMETER; E. COLI; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GRAIN SIZE; POINT-OF-USE; POROUS POT; POU WATER FLTER; RAW WATER; RURAL COMMUNITY; THIN WIRES; TOTAL COLIFORM; TOTAL COLIFORMS; WATER COLUMNS; WATER SAMPLES; WATER-BORNE DISEASE;

CLAY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HARDNESS; SAWDUST; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION;

COPPER;

CHILD HEALTH; CLAY; COPPER; DEVELOPING WORLD; DRINKING WATER; FECAL COLIFORM; FILTER; FILTRATION; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PURIFICATION; RURAL POPULATION; VULNERABILITY; WATER COLUMN; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WATER USE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84870315396     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v38i5.10     Document Type: Article

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