Network scales up, for scaling-up

A positive surge of energy is running through the field of household water treatment and safe storage (HWTS), with new solutions and systems for disinfection, storage and filters – and signs of growing uptake.

At our general meeting on 24 October (see previous post), members of the International Network for HWTS – including 300in6 – shared news of their progress in monitoring, research and outreach. The plans for WHO to henceforth co-host the network secretariat with UNICEF were welcomed, with news of enhanced communication services provided by the Water Institute of the University of North Carolina who hosted the session.

Among the presentations at the meeting were the views of 300in6 on the “massive scaling-up of safe water solutions”, followed by a lively discussion of how we shall work within HWTS to achieve this. See: 300in6 at HWTS 241010 v5 Standard

See also: http://www.who.int/household_water/en/

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    New Household Water Treatment (HWT) and safe storage solutions make safe drinking water affordable, even for the poorest. In business-as-usual scenarios the number of people using new HWTs will increase from 40 million in 2009, to 150 million in 2015. We now aim at 300 million people in the same six years. Our inclusive approach is based on sustainable enterprise and enabled by smart regulation and procurement policies in public, private and civil society sectors.

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