Household Water Newsletter Issue 53
Anthonj, Carmen
Dear Colleagues,
Hope you are all doing well.
Thank you to all of you who submitted announcements, requests and publications for this issue of our HWTS newsletter.
Highlights of this newsletter include
· UNC Water Institute Online Learning Course on Water Safety Plans: Starting today
· UNC Water and Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy: Abstract Submission until March 29, 2019
· Training Workshop and HWTS Learning Exchange events by CAWST in Honduras (March 2019) and Colombia (May 2019)
· Side event on HWTS at LatinoSAN: “HWTS and the water safety agenda: Opportunities for achieving SDG 6.1”in Costa Rica (April 2019)
· UNC Water Microbiology Conference 2019: Online Registration is open
· Request to participate in research survey on HWTS in Emergencies
Please feel free to get in touch with me if you would like to share something with the Network. As usual, we welcome material such as recent publications, presentations, events, resources, calls for papers/proposals, etc. If you are seeking assistance with your program planning, you are also welcome to put a request out to the community. Or you may be a researcher and would like to share your research question with others or seek input or contacts for your work.
You may review the guidelines and submit your contribution here: https://hwts.web.unc.edu/newsletter-contributions/.
Best regards,
Carmen Anthonj
Dr. Carmen Anthonj
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
carmen....@unc.edu, 919.966.7644
Save the Dates:
2019 Water Microbiology Conference, May 14-17 (May 13 Pre-Conference Workshop) in Chapel Hill, NC, US
2019 Water & Health Conference, October 7-11 in Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Household Water Newsletter, Issue 53
March 2019
Work and Funding Opportunities
UNC Water and Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy: Abstract Submission until March 29, 2019
The 2019 UNC Water and Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy, organized by the Water Institute at UNC explores drinking water supply, sanitation, hygiene and water resources in both the developing and developed worlds with a strong public health emphasis. It will take place in Chapel Hill, USA from October 7th through October 11th, 2019. The conference focuses on Humanitarian WaSH, WaSH Financing and Markets, Climate Variability and Water Security, Evidence Based WaSH, and WaSH and Environmental Health. Abstract submissions and side event proposals will be accepted through March 29, 2019. Submit your abstract here.
UNC Water Microbiology Conference 2019: Online Registration
The registration for the 2019 UNC Water Microbiology Conference, which will take place in Chapel Hill, USA from May 14th through May 16th, 2019, is open. The conference, hosted by the Water Institute at UNC, creates a forum for researchers and practitioners focused on microbiology and public health issues to come together around the intersection of the two. The conference is a blend of interactive workshops with scientific symposia and poster socials focused on water microbiology from watershed to human exposure including current concerns in recreational waters, shellfish harvesting waters, emerging technologies and quantitative tools. Immediately preceding this year’s conference is a full-day workshop on Antimicrobial Resistance in a One Health World. Register here.
Request to participate in research survey on HWTS in Emergencies
Please take a moment (~20mins) to support Mr. Oscar Llorente, Action Against Hunger Colombia, who has been working as project/program manager since 2006 with INGOs in development and emergency contexts with his survey. As part of his MSc studies with WEDC (Loughborough University) on Water and Sanitation in Emergencies, Mr. Llorente is conducting research on HWTS in emergencies in order to design a more efficient response mechanisms, inspired by the ERU system developed by the Red Cross Movement. He is interested in the experience of organization in the field of water supply in emergencies, but also in the development context, and their "ad hoc" responses to sudden or long standing emergencies. Find the survey for WASH practitioners here, and the survey for emergency managers here. If you would be interested in sharing more in-depth information with Mr. Llorente, please let us know.
Aquatabs Flo - A Sustainable Social Impact
Access to safe drinking water for school children in Nairobi has been a long standing challenge.
In partnership with Impact Water and the National Bank of Kenya, Aquatabs will provide water programs to help make “safe to drink” water more affordable for all schools. Aquatabs Flo is fitted in 12,000 schools in Africa serving over 2,000,00 students, in 2019 this will be extended to over 30,000 schools. For information on how you can become a partner contact: kevin.ocallagan@kersia-com.
Increasing Capacity to Deliver Safe Drinking Water in Colombia and Mexico
SAFEWATER is a £6 M project led by Ulster University, funded through the Global Challenges Research Fund of UK Research and Innovation. The overarching aim is to increase capacity to deliver safe drinking water to rural communities in Colombia and Mexico. We want to link with other organisations and projects to share knowledge and experience. For further information please check out our website www.safewater-research.com or contact Prof Byrne directly at j.b...@ulster.ac.uk.
Stratégie Nationale pour la Conservation et le Traitement de l’Eau à Domicile (C-TED) - National Strategy of HTWS 2018-2027 for Haiti
The National HWTS Strategy, developed by the National Directorate of Potabe Water and Sanitation (DINEPA) is an important tool for the regulation of the water sector in Haiti. DINEPA aims to contribute to provide drinking water to underserved community members, oversee HWTS in coordination with all relevant stakeholders, and guide the implementation interventions in humanitarian crises. The document addresses that the success of HWTS projects is not limited to the efficiency and effectiveness of a HWTS product or technology, but also depended on communication, information and awareness activities towards behavioral change of the target communities, as well as monitoring and evaluation activities during implementation and at the end of the project and the establishment of a system facilitating access to community services that is not limited to the duration of the project. This document, although elaborated in relation to the socio-economic and geographical context in Haiti, can be considered and used as a guide in countries with similar contexts and facing chronic waterborne diseases. Find the strategy here, and contact Mr. Frantz Chrispin, National Manager of HWTS in Haiti and author of this document at frantz....@dinepa.gouv.ht.
VERGNET HYDRO Odial Solutions Group - Benin: First piped water scheme is going to provide 35,000 rural people with drinking water
The Benin National Agency for drinking water in rural areas (ANAEPMR) has awarded a supply and installation contract to the joint-venture composed of the companies FORAG SA, AGIRE SARL and Vergnet Hydro Odial Solutions Group for the construction of drinking water supply systems for more than 35,000 rural people. The joint-venture is to build 7 piped drinking water supply schemes in the Department of Borgou. VERGNET HYDRO has worked in Benin since the 1980s and at present, more than half of the population (5,6 million rural people) draw their drinking water from VERGNET HYDRO’s manual pumps. Within this project, FORAG SA implements and drills 37 boreholes, and rehabilitates 4 boreholes. AGIRE SARL supplies a part of the pipes, installs the pipes and handles the civil engineering: 15 water towers, 82 standpipes and the water pipes. VERGNET HYDRO supplies and installs the electromechanical equipment (41 submerged pumps, 43 power generators, 7 chlorination systems, etc.), as well as a part of the water pipes. The 7 piped schemes to be constructed are part of Benin’s largest water supply systems project ever, with a total of 24 systems to be constructed.
Photograph of a standpipe similar to the 82 ones which are going to be installed for this project. This standpipe was set up by AGIRE in Agbatitoé (Togo), for a project funded by the French association AQUASSISTANCE (photo credits: AGIRE SARL).
I Tried to Save the World and Failed: Book by Larry Siegel, Safe Water International
In this book, Larry Siegel from Safe Water International (SWI) shares his lessons learned from 12 years of field work on rural drinking water and sanitation projects in Mexico, Malawi and Cambodia. It is mostly a personal chronicle, but in the last chapter lists the lessons learned. The content includes the story of SWI; lessons learned in sustainability; working with church groups in Malawi; if you build it, fix it; national training centers; saving the world; so what did I really learn. Mr. Siegel is willing to share the book as pdf file to anyone who contact him at safew...@gmail.com.
HWTS Network on Twitter
We are intensifying our HWTS twitter activities and share interesting events, publications, trainings, webinars, infographics, stories, job opportunities and much more every week. We welcome all members’ contributions. Our twitter username is @household_water. We will post urgent information on twitter, so, check in periodically with us on twitter. We look forward to hearing from you, learning more about what you’re doing and what’s going on, and sharing stories with you!
WEBINARS, COURSES , AND EVENTS
UNC Water Institute Online Learning Course on Water Safety Plans (WSPs) – 11th March – May 10th 2019
The Water Institute at UNC is offering a 9-week online learning course on Water Safety Plans (WSPs) aimed at those in the water industry with management, engineering, or operational responsibilities. This distance learning program offers knowledge, skill, and capacity building to ensure consistent drinking water safety and access as well as an opportunity to apply course assignments to developing a WSP for a local context. Throughout the course, key content is presented through problem-solving scenarios and case study examples. The course flyer is attached to this newsletter, and more information can be found here.
Training Workshop on the Introduction to Household Water Treatment – March 19th – 21st 2019, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
In this workshop on the introduction to household water treatment organized by Pure Water for the World and the Center for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology, participants will be introduced to different technologies and their advantages and limitations, practice with some of these technologies and discuss on how these technologies are applicable for helping the most vulnerable populations in Honduras in accessing to safe water. In addition, participants will discuss what is needed for a successful implementation of a HWTS project and beneficiaries do a correct, consistent and continuous use of the technologies. Participants will be able to assess the applicability of these technologies to different contexts. For more information, contact the organizer, Eva Manzano, WASH Advisor at CAWST at eman...@cawst.org. More information can also be found here.
National HWTS Learning Exchange: “Institutionalizing HWTS and its role towards achieving SDG 6.1” - March 27th – 28th 2019, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
The network “Para todos por Siempre”, Pure Water for the World, Water for People, PAHO/WHO, the Center for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology, SANAA and CONASA are organizing a National Learning Exchange aiming to offer a space where different WASH stakeholders will be able to present, reflect and discuss on the progress achieved, challenges and lessons learned on the use of HWTS in Honduras. It will also allow developing the road map for institutionalizing HWTS. For more information, contact the organizer, Eva Manzano, WASH Advisor at CAWST at eman...@cawst.org. More information can also be found here.
Side event on HWTS at LatinoSAN: “HWTS and the water safety agenda: Opportunities for achieving SDG 6.1” – 1st – 3rd April 2019, San José, Costa Rica
Main objectives for this side event, organized by PAHO/WHO, WaterAid, Pure Water for the World, and the Center for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology are: i) share strategies and progress from Latin American countries on promoting water safety frameworks in the region. ii) discuss how the HWTS Network can provide technical assistance to regional platforms, such OLAS (Latin American Observatory for Water and Sanitation) in reviewing national plans for the implementation and monitoring of water safety linked to SDG 6.1. iii) share best practices of implementing programs in the region (WSP, HWTS, etc). For more information, contact the organizer, Eva Manzano, WASH Advisor at CAWST at eman...@cawst.org.
National HWTS Learning Exchange: “Best practices and lessons learned on the implementation of HWTS”- May 15th – 16th 2019, Bogotá, Colombia
This event organized by the Center for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology, WaterAid and Acción Contra el Hambre will offer a space where different WASH stakeholders will be able to present, reflect and discuss on the progress achieved, challenges and lessons learned on the use of HWTS in Colombia. This event will additionally offer the opportunity for a technology market place where producers-distributers will have the opportunity to share their products with implementers and discuss on the need for setting up demand and product supply chains.
For more information, contact the organizer, Eva Manzano, WASH Advisor at CAWST at eman...@cawst.org. More information can also be found here.
WORK AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
For WASH sector job listings, please refer to the Relief Web Jobs site,
or Josh’s Water Jobs site.
If you wish to share an education, job, or funding opportunity with the Network, please tell us by email at carmen....@unc.edu or hhw...@who.int.
Capacity building and training approaches for water safety plans: A comprehensive literature review.
Since the WHO published its Water Safety Plan (WSPs) Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality in 2004, rapid WSP adoption has occurred. However, capacity is still catching up to implementation needs, many countries and regions lack case examples, legal requirements, and training resources for WSPs, corresponding to widespread capacity shortfall in the water supply sector sector. This review provides recommendations for multiple stakeholder groups at the scales of individual utilities, national governments, and intermediate units of governance. Ferrero et al. propose a WSP training taxonomy and discuss it in relation to the stages of learning (introduction, practice, and reinforcement); describe the importance of customizing training to the target group, local language and circumstances; highlight the relevance of auditing for evaluating change over time; and call for robust methods to monitor WSP capacity development. Find this article here.
Addressing how multiple household water sources and uses build water resilience and support sustainable development
The routine use of multiple water sources to meet household water needs is widely practiced and has been reported in many developing countries. However, it is typically neglected by implementers, development organizations, and researchers who tend to focus exclusively on the “main source of drinking water.” In this Perspective, we explain the nature and scope of multiple water source use (MWSU) at the household level in developing countries. We also describe the implications of MWSU for human health and water resilience, and identify key knowledge gaps, risks, and opportunities associated with MWSU. Finally, we argue that understanding MWSU is feasible for researchers and implementers and is essential for properly designing research studies and water supply projects. Find this paper by Elliott et al. here.
Influence of container cleanliness, container disinfection with chlorine, and container handling on recontamination of water collected from a water kiosk in a Kenyan slum
The study assessed whether using clean, chlorine-disinfected containers at a water kiosk in a Nairobi slum reduced recontamination of treated water during drinking transport and storage, while also evaluating the impacts of domestic container handling and hygiene conditions on water quality changes during storage. The use of Maji Safi containers significantly reduced the risk of recontaminating the treated water. After water filling at the kiosk, none of the MSCs contained E.coli, and 2.8% were contaminated after 24 h storage, whereas 6.2% of normal uncleaned jerrycans were contaminated after filling, and 15.2% after 24 h storage. The use of a clean water container, sufficient chlorine and the frequency of cleaning the domestic container mitigated recontamination. Find this article by Meierhofer et al. (EAWAG) here.
National Trends of Bladder Cancer and Trihalomethanes in Drinking Water: A Review and Multicountry Ecological Study
Trends in incidence of bladder cancer were investigated in 8 countries since trihalomethanes (THMs), principal regulated disinfection by-products (DBPs) along with halogenated acetic acids, were detected in chlorinated drinking water. Previous epidemiological studies showed that concentrations have declined and incidences of bladder cancer have stayed relatively flat. Etiology of bladder cancer is complex; incidence correlates with age; risk factors include smoking, type 2 diabetes, sex, ethnicity, arsenic, aromatic amines, and occupations. As a predominant risk factor, smoking trends may dominate incidence rates, but additional time might be required to determine whether a DBP risk exists due to long latency periods. Causal drinking water-related bladder cancer risks remain questionable and likely small compared to other factors, although surrogate-based DBP management is an appropriate strategy for maintaining drinking water quality as long as it does not compromise microbial disinfection. Find this article by Cotruvo & Amato here.
EVENT CALENDAR
World Water Day – Water for all: 22th March, 2019
REACH Water Security & Poverty Conference: 27th – 29th March, 2019 in Oxford, UK
2019 Water Microbiology Conference: 14th – 17th May, 2019 (Special AMR Workshop on May 13th) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
2019 Water & Health Conference: 7th – 11th October, 2019 in Chapel Hill, NC, USA
For WASH and water-related event listings, please refer to the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Water Policy & Practice Calendar. If you know of an upcoming international, regional or national event which the HWTS/WASH community should be aware of, please tell us by email at hwtsn...@unc.edu.
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