About the Course

This course covers the most important water treatment methods at household level, successful implementation strategies and assessment of the impact of Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS). It will answer questions about HWTS with a series of concrete examples from Africa, Asia and Latin America. This MOOC is a collaboration of Sandec/Eawag and EPFL and will be conducted in English with English and French subtitles. It is the first course of the series “WASH in developing countries”.

In this course, the course taker will learn about the public health impacts of unsafe drinking water and about different methods to treat water at household level. The course takes a closer look at the roles of different stakeholders, such as governments, private sector, and NGOs, how HWTS can reach the most vulnerable populations at scale and how can the impact of HWTS be measured.

Course Content

• Introduction to Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage
• HWTS treatment options
• HWTS treatment options
• Implementation strategies for HWTS
• Assessing the impact of HWTS

 

Course Benefit

Strong grounding on the technology, implementation and impact assessment of HWTS technologies.