Just released !! Performance results of 20 Water products tested in Round II

[Anthonj, Carmen]

Dear Colleagues,

 

I hope you are all doing well.

 

Please note that that the performance results of 20 products tested in Round II of the World Health Organization Household Water Treatment Evaluation Scheme were just released.

 

Since the establishment of the International Scheme to Evaluate Household Water Treatment Technologies (the Scheme) in 2014, WHO has been independently evaluating the microbiological performance of household water treatment (HWT) technologies in order to inform technology selection and thus protect health. This Round II report summarizes the results of 20 HWT products, including chemical, solar and ultraviolet (UV) disinfectants, and ceramic and membrane filters that have been evaluated under the Scheme.

Building on the 10 products evaluated in Round I, a total of 30 products have been evaluated to date, and of these, 23 meet WHO performance criteria. The report highlights that among the products that do not meet WHO criteria, performance varies widely across production lots, underscoring the need to strengthen manufacturing quality. Learn more in the report, highlights and question and answers.

 

Please find the report attached to this email.

 

Best wishes

Carmen

 

 

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

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Just released: Performance results of 20 products tested in Round II of the WHO Household Water Treatment Evaluation Scheme.   Since the establishment of the International Scheme to Evaluate Household Water Treatment Technologies (the Scheme) in 2014, WHO has been independently evaluating the microbiological performance of household water treatment (HWT) technologies in order to inform technology selection and protect health. This Round II report summarizes the results of 20 HWT products, including chemical, solar and ultraviolet (UV) disinfectants, and ceramic and membrane filters that have been evaluated under the Scheme.       Building on the 10 products evaluated in Round I, a total of 30 products have been evaluated to date, and of these, 23 meet WHO performance criteria. The report highlights that among the products that do not meet WHO criteria, performance varies widely across production lots, underscoring the need to strengthen manufacturing quality. Through these evaluations, the Scheme seeks to influence product selection and shift procurement towards products that perform more effectively. WHO also works with governments to strengthen regulation of HWT as part of wider efforts to improve the safe management of drinking-water. Learn more in the report, highlights and question and answers.    SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE Please email list...@who.int with body text : To subscribe : "subscribe watersanitation" To unsubscribe: "signoff watersanitation"   PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL ON TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN ITS CONTENTS                                                                              Do you want to know more about the WHO WASH unit ? Check out our website:  www.who.int/water_sanitation_health .