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|| = = toc =Household water treatment and safe storage in emergencies= This manual is aimed at field personnel and volunteers responding to emergencies involving issues of water quality. The manual presents the various options available for household water treatment, with and without products from outside the community.
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there should be **No distribution of household water treatment products without training.** || After an intervention has been chosen, beneficiaries will require training in the use of specific treatment method. This manual contains short fact sheets that can be distributed for use by volunteers in carrying out this training... While the manual has an emergency focus, there is a great deal of information relevant for programs in developing settings.
 * Contents include: **
 * An overview of water quality
 * How to clean water at the household level through various means
 * How to properly store and handle household water
 * How to choose the right method of improving water quality
 * How to promote the use of household water treatment and storage ||
 * The manual’s central message is that

You can download the HWTS editable version and pictures here to adapt or translate it for your project. Or print new versions with these files:, and. || **** This document captures key experiences from National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Asia who have implemented programmes with ceramic water filters. It includes lessons learned and recommendations for National Societies in the Asia Pacific zone (along with partner National Societies and the IFRC Secretariat), who may be looking to implement similar programmes in the future. = =

** ** This training curriculum was developed as part of a drought risk reduction project in Kenya and Uganda. The curriculum is for training community-based volunteers on the operation, repair and maintenance of water supply systems. There are sessions on:
 * Pipelines, tanks, consumer points
 * Dams, in-takes, wells, rainwater harvesting
 * Pumps (diesel, hand, solar, wind powered)
 * Preparing for drought and making on operation and maintenance schedule
 * Sanitary surveys for water safety planning

=**Additional Information**=

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Portable water testing kit: User's manual in, , -Bacteria-Hydrogen sulfide producing Solar water disinfection: The guide to SODIS application in, , , , and. Ceramic water purifier Oxfam Water filtration Oxfam Water treatment Coagulation and disinfection l Domestic quality water

**Pumps**
Oxfam Water pumping

**Wells**
Oxfam Hand dug well

**Guidelines**
Water distribution Water storage

Trainings
WASH Cluster Water in emergencies and