Unicef Ceramic Water Filter

Ceramic water purifier cambodia field tests.

Unicef ceramic water filter. In 2008 unicef and the water and sanitation program were given the project innovation award grand prize by the international water association for providing cambodia with ceramic water filters. Ide working paper no. A cwp first developed by a group called potters for peace looks a lot like a ceramic flowerpot and is easy and inexpensive to manufacture. 2 years after ceramic water filter distribution 71 of households self reported filter use that day or the day before.

The survey also indicated that using the filters saves both time and money for families. Ceramic water filter author. Rice husks or a similar combustible substance have been mixed in with the clay so that as the filters bake in a kiln the husks burn off to make the filters highly porous. Ceramic water filter handbook.

Tsunami in sri lanka. The survey also indicated that using the filters saves both time and money for families. A simple hydraulic press forms clay into that flowerpot shape. Water and sanitation program wsp and unicef.

The cambodian ver sion is known as the ceramic water purifier cwp. This makes them ideal for use in developing countries and portable ceramic filters are commonly used in backpacking. To meet more demand for ceramic water filters unicef and its partners will continue to provide the technical and financial support needed for this initiative and safe drinking water to reach households throughout myanmar. Efforts that have been supported by unicef wsp cambodia and others.

Although sev eral different kinds of ceramic filters are used for household scale water treatment world wide among the most widespread is that promoted by potters for peace a us and nicaragua based ngo. 9 as emergency response products ceramic water filters have also been used in relief responses by organizations such as usaid unicef oxfam action against hunger and the red cross. Joe brown and mark sobsey. Ceramic water filters cwf are an inexpensive and effective type of water filter that rely on the small pore size of ceramic material to filter dirt debris and bacteria out of water.

A factory in yangon has produced more than 3 000 ceramic water filters that have been distributed to villages and schools in places.