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I know that the world is not always the wonderful place it is for me. But with CAWST’s hard work, I’m sure it can be the wonderful place it was meant to be.- Student, Hillhurst Elementary School, Calgary
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Wellness Through Water... Empowering People Globally
Education and engineering services for those who serve the poor
More than 1.1 billion people around the world do not have access to clean drinking water. And waterborne illnesses cause the deaths of over 4,900 people per day, most of them children under the age of five. The Calgary-based Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST) provides technical training and consulting services, and acts as a catalyst to make clean water and sanitation projects a reality for the poorest people in the developing world.
Adapting the Biosand Filter for Arsenic Removal
April 10, 2008
Cambodian and Bangladeshi researchers work to verify Kanchan filters for household use. [ continue reading ]
Household Water Treatment Survey 2008
CAWST's annual survey of workshop alumni, trainers and project implementers is here!
Every year CAWST gathers information on the progress of Household Water Treatment initiatives world-wide. If you are planning a project, have started a project, or are training other people – this survey is for you.
Every organization that responds will be entered into a draw for 3 prizes of $500 (CAD) to put towards your HWT project. It is also available in French, Spanish and Portuguese.
Community Health Promotion
This 2-3 day workshop reinforces and builds upon the current knowledge base of community health promoters (stewards, practitioners, volunteers) in developing countries to integrate information around water, hygiene and sanitation. Participants develop tools to train community health promoters about household water treatment (HWT) technologies, and exchange knowledge and experiences about the local water and sanitation context. The objective is to identify effective approaches for the integration of community water education into current programs.
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Did You Know?
- 2.2 million people in developing countries die every year from diseases associated with lack of access to safe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene.
- Improvements in drinking-water quality through household water treatment (HWT) can lead to a reduction of diarrhoeal episodes by between 35% and 39%.
- The average person in the developing world uses 10 litres of water per day, the average North American uses more than 300 litres per day.