Household water treatment and safe storage – effectiveness and  economics

Stubbé, Stefanie M. L.; Pelgrim-Adams, Alida; Szántó, Gabor L.; van Halem, Doris

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/dwes-9-9-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/dwes-9-9-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/dwes-9-9-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

Review article

|

14 Apr 2016

Review article |

| 14 Apr 2016

Household water treatment and safe storage – effectiveness and economics

Stefanie M. L. Stubbé, Alida Pelgrim-Adams, Gabor L. Szántó, and Doris van Halem

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RC C78: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Dec 2015
RC C81: 'Household water treatment and safe storage – effectiveness and economics', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Dec 2015
AC C84: 'Response', Stefanie Stubbé, 10 Mar 2016

Short summary

Household Water Treatment and safe Storage (HWTS) systems aim to provide safe drinking water in an affordable manner. The effectiveness of these systems to remove pathogens is crucial for the health of its users. Different researches report wide ranges of effectiveness for each of the three selected systems: SODIS, ceramic and biosand filters. The resources available for the prices of HWTS also report wide ranges. In the data available no relation was observed between price and effectiveness.