CDC-USAID POU Fact Sheets

Prepared by CDC in conjunction with the USAID Point-of-Use Partners Working Group, these fact sheets highlight household water treatment and storage options including boiling, solar disinfection, chlorination, ceramic filtration, and flocculent/disinfection.


FileHWTS Options - Boiling

Household Water Treatment Options in Developing Countries: Boiling. January 2009

Factsheet on Boiling.pdf  (537.9 kB)

FileHWTS Options - Filtration & Chlorination

Household Water Treatment Options in Developing Countries: Filtration and Chlorination. January 2009

Factsheet on Filtration & Chlorination.pdf  (150.0 kB)

FileHWTS Options: Reducing Turbidity

Household Water Treatment Options in Developing Countries: Simple Options to Reduce Turbidity. January 2009

Factsheet on Options to Reduce Turbidity.pdf  (172.2 kB)

FileHWST Options - Safe Drinking Water Storage

Household Water Treatment Options in Developing Countries: Safe Storage of Drinking Water. January 2009

Factsheet on Safe Water Storage.pdf  (254.0 kB)

FileHWTS Options: Slow Sand Filtration

Household Water Treatment Options in Developing Countries: Slow Sand Filtration.

FactSheet on Slow Sand Filtration.pdf  (140.7 kB)

FileHWTS Options: Microbiological Indicator Testing

Household Water Treatment Options in Developing Countries: FactSheet on Microbiological Indicator Testing. December 2010

FactSheet on Microbiological Indicator Testing.pdf  (448.3 kB)

FileDiarrhea Prevention Interventions

Preventing Diarrheal Disease in Developing Countries: Interventions to Reduce Diarrheal Disease. January 2008

Hygiene Interventions for Diarrhea Reduction.pdf  (191.0 kB)

FileProven HWTS Options

Preventing Diarrheal Disease in Developing Countries: Proven Household Water Treatment Options. November 2010

FactSheet on HWTS Options.pdf  (1.2 MB)

FileHWTS Options - SODIS

Household Water Treatment Options in Developing Countries: Solar Disinfection (SODIS). January 2008

HWTS Option-SODIS.pdf  (236.6 kB)

FileHWTS Options - Flocculant/Disinfectant

Household Water Treatment Options in Developing Countries: Flocculant/Disinfectant Powder January 2008

HWTS Option Flocculant-Disinfectant.pdf  (237.0 kB)

FileHWTS Options - Chlorination

Household Water Treatment Options in Developing Countries: Household Chlorination. January 2008

HWTS Options-Household Chlorination.pdf  (288.8 kB)

FileHWTS Options - Ceramic Filtration

Household Water Treatment Options in Developing Countries: Ceramic Filtration. January 2008

HWTS Options -Ceramic Filtration.pdf  (203.9 kB)