Fwd: New paper: Evidence-based chlorination targets for household water safety in emergencies

[Dan Campbell]

Dear Colleagues

Many thanks to Syed Imran Ali for sharing this important study. Also, please send links to any new reports or upcoming events to feature in the next biweekly update.

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From: Syed Imran Ali <si...@yorku.ca>
Date: Friday, November 27, 2020
Subject: New paper: Evidence-based chlorination targets for household water safety in emergencies

Our team at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research and MSF/Doctors Without Borders have just published a paper in Water Research on evidence-based chlorination targets for household water safety in emergencies. The paper is open-access and can be found here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135420311775

This paper will be useful for emergency WASH responders because it shows how we can use modelling to generate site-specific and evidence-based chlorination targets that outperform the Sphere chlorination guidelines with respect to household water safety in refugee/IDP camps, while remaining within normative chlorine taste and odour acceptability limits. 

These analytics form the basis of the Safe Water Optimization Tool, a new web-based tool that helps humanitarian responders generate site-specific chlorination targets that improve household water safety outcomes in refugee/IDP camps. (My colleague @Matthew Arnold was recently in touch with you about the launch event for the SWOT -- thank you for circulating the event invite to the group!)

We've also prepared a tweet thread summarizing the main findings of the paper, if this might also be helpful or relevant to share: 

https://twitter.com/imranono/status/1332070415397687299

Thank you so much Dan. If there's any more information I can provide, please do let me know. 

Warmly,

Imran 

Syed Imran Ali, PhD 

Lead, Safe Water Optimization Tool

Research Fellow, Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research

e: si...@yorku.ca  |  t: 416-434-0192

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