WATASOL at World Water Week 2010 in Stockholm

The 2010 World Water Week takes place on 5-11 September 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden. This year’s theme is « The Water Quality Challenge – Prevention, Wise Use and Abatement ».

WATASOL is in Stockolm on the “300 in 6” stand where demonstrations are taking place on several treatment options as Watasol, Silver disc, Pureit, Siphon filter. The stand presents also a review of safe water solutions that describes smart business thrusts such as water kiosks, chlorination by micro-entrepreneurs, locally-produced pot filters and industrially manufactured water filters. Equally, with numerous cases, it discusses how to remove constraints to upscaling: viability, scalability, consumer acceptance and ability to reach the poor. A larger study will be published in early-2011.

To download the study, clic here.

About 300 in 6

The 300 in 6 proposal aims to reach at least 300 million people with safe water in 6 years by
rapidly scaling-up of HWT solutions through an alliance of public and private humanitarian
agencies, the private sector, and community based NGOs.

For more information, please visit www.300in6.org

Innondations au Pakistan – 100 kits WATA déployés en urgence

Face aux pires inondations que le Pakistan ait connues depuis 80 ans, la Direction du Développement et de la Coopération (DDC) a décidé d’accroître son aide aux victimes et a mis en place des projets de désinfection de l’eau potable dans plusieurs régions. La production locale de chlore à l’aide des WATA est apparue à la DDC comme une solution adaptée et peu coûteuse pour désinfecter l’eau et prévenir une épidémie de choléra.

Child vendors continue to sell food in a flood-hit Punjab town amid severe food shortages

Lire article paru dans la NZZ (en allemand) / 05 sept. 2010