Research highlights benefits of watsan programme

摘要

Pentair in the US has announced the results of a multi-year research programme, Project Safewater-Colon, which suggest a holistic, low-cost'micro-enterprise' model can effectively establish water and sanitation in unserved regions. The programme was conducted in the remote district of Colon, Honduras, where nearly all of the region's 350,000 people lived without clean water and around 25% lacked adequate sanitation. The work funded the installation of more than 200 water treatment systems and over 10,000 individual sanitation facilities and also encompassed widespread community education programme to increase awareness of the importance of safe, clean drinking water and the connection between good hygiene practices and health.