Message-ID: <199504041916.MAA13494@coyote.rain.org> Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 12:16:41 -0700 From: Larry Siegel <mailto:siegel@RAIN.ORG> Subject: Safe Water International To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L
SAFE WATER INTERNATIONAL
A Rural Water Initiative
5184 Cambridge Lane Carpinteria California 93013 (805) 684-3911
April 4, 1995
Please allow me to introduce Safe Water International, and to ask for
help on our survey of household water treatment systems and storage devices.
SWI is a non-profit NGO dedicated to addressing the water
and sanitation needs of the rural poor. We are a collaboration
of a group of academics and researchers who have worked
together for many years on water research, planning and policy.
Our particular focus is on household water treatment systems and
associated drinking water storage. We seek to determine whether there are
household water purification systems now in use or development which can
be put more fully into the service of those in poor regions of the world
that need clean water solutions. For the past three months we have been at
work on the first stage of that project, a state of the art survey of
household level water purification systems and associated storage devices.
We are attempting to catalog the universe of small-scale water
purification systems and related storage techniques presently used by
single families or small groups of families. Once we have identified the
bulk of these systems, we will seek with the help of the NGO community and
technical experts to evaluate identified systems from the standpoint of
their potential for successful distribution in the villages and
neighborhoods of needy regions.
SWI would be most grateful for any contribution you or your colleagues are
able to make. We seek any form of information about existing small water
purification systems, or related development projects: Descriptive
information, illustrations or technical data would be very helpful.
Additionally, we would be most grateful for any references to those who
are working with such systems. It would be particularly useful to have an
Internet address for those individuals, if one is available.
Please contact me if any further information would be helpful. I
can be reached on the Internet at mailto:siegel@rain.org. The mail
address for SAFE WATER INTERNATIONAL is 5184 Cambridge Lane,
Carpinteria, California 93013 USA. Phone is 805-684-3911. Faxes
can be sent to the same number.
LARRY SIEGEL
mailto:Siegel@rain.org