Introduction

Natural disasters, tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods are occurring with increasing frequency. In emergencies, pure drinking water is quickly the most important item.

About the Book

Low Cost Emergency Water Purification Technologies provides the tips and techniques for supplying potable drinking water at low cost in the direst circumstances. Succinct and readable, this manual describes the various options for correcting unsanitary or unsatisfactory drinking water.

Treatment Methods

Several treatment methods for contaminated water are reviewed and the pros and cons of each are discussed.

Long-term Technologies

- Covers long-term technologies including sand filtration, packaged filtration units, pressurized filtration systems and natural filtration

Short-term Strategies

- Addresses short-term strategies such as reverse osmosis-based filtration, cartridge filtration systems, and solar pasteurization systems

Additional Topics

- Describes disinfection systems, energy-saving applications, cost considerations and HA/DR applications