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Safe household water storage

Safe household water storage is a critical component of a Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS) system being promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) worldwide in areas that do not have piped drinking water. In these areas, it is not uncommon for drinking water to be stored in a pot, jar, crock or other container in the home. Even if this drinking water was of acceptable microbiological quality initially, it can become contaminated by dirty hands and utensils, such as dirty diapers and cups. Drinking water containers with "narrow dispensers are key" to keeping water from being contaminated while being stored in the home. | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20050613181943/http://www.who.int/household_water/research/safe_storage/en/index.html | url-status =dead | archive-date =June 13, 2005

All types of 'safe household water storage must be used with water from known clean sources or with water having received prior efficacious treatment.

Examples of containers

Solar Cookers International (SCI) has incorporated the Safe Household Water Storage container in their water pasteurization programs in Kenya. They are part of a safe water package that consists of a CooKit solar cooker, a black pot, a Water Pasteurization Indicator (WAPI), and a Safe Household Water Storage container.{{Cite web | archive-date = 1 December 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161201221910/http://solarcooking.org/newsletters/scrnov07.htm#Kenya | url-status = dead

Background

The United Nations' Millennium Declaration adopted by its General Assembly in September 2000 set Millennium Development Goals (MDG) that have a purpose of significantly reducing the proportion of people in the world in extreme poverty. Resolution 19 specifically states with respect to drinking water, "To halve, by the year 2015...the proportion of the world's people who are unable to reach or to afford safe drinking water". One way that the World Health Organization (WHO) has supported the safe drinking water goal is with its Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS) program which targets people who are not connected to community water systems. Their website states that improved HWTS techniques can dramatically improve drinking water quality and reduce diarrhoeal diseases for those who must rely on unsafe water supplies. It reminds us that there are 1.6 million diarrhoeal deaths per year related to unsafe water, sanitation, and hygiene and that these are mostly of children under 5 years old. | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20041025024316/http://www.who.int/household_water/en/ | url-status =dead | archive-date =October 25, 2004

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