Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Poster Set

Contaminated water can be treated to make it safe (sedimentation, filtration, disinfection).

Different chemicals can be used to help remove sediment from your water.

Water is in continuous movement on, above, and below the surface of the Earth. Drinking water comes from three main sources (rainwater, groundwater, surface water).

Contaminated water can make us sick (diarrhea, vomiting, hospitalization, death).

There are ways to protect water from contamination (watershed and water source protection, protected well, proper rainwater storage, good wastewater disposal).

Good water is important for many uses in our life (drinking, cooking, washing dishes, growing plants/crops, laundry, bathing).

The ceramic pot filter can provide good quality water.

Some products treat your water by sedimenting and disinfecting your water at the same time.

Keep your well safe by placing your latrine downhill and far away from your well.

Using a safe storage container and cleaning it regularly will protect your treated water.

There are things we can do to protect ourselves from the microbes (handwashing, waste disposal, washing, cleaning, covering food)

Maintain your ceramic candle filter to ensure good quality water.

Different seeds can be used to help remove sediment from your water.

Washing our hands well and often will prevent illness (after defecation, before eating, after cleaning a baby).

Use a cloth filter to provide better quality water.

Natural settling can be used to help remove sediment from your water.

Prickly pear cactus can be used to help remove sediment from your water.

Maintain your ceramic pot filter to ensure good quality water.

Use and maintain your latrine to prevent illness.

Bury your garbage and dispose of wastewater properly.

Water can be contaminated in many ways (humans, animals).

You can have good water if you from protect the water source, treat your water and store your treated water safely.

Use a latrine and fences to stop the transmission of microbes from faeces.

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Treated water should be stored properly to keep it safe (good and bad storage containers).

Using chlorine is a good way to disinfect your water.

Good sanitation habits prevent transmission of microbes (latrines, soak pits, fences, waste disposal).

Microbes are transferred from faeces to our mouths in many ways (hands, flies, water, fields, food).

Good maintenance practices of the biosand filter will ensure good quality water.

Boiling is a good way to disinfect your water.

There are three main ways to stop the transfer of faeces to our mouths: basic sanitation, safe water and proper hygiene.

The biosand filter can provide good quality water.

The ceramic candle filter can provide good quality water.

Solar disinfection (SODIS) is a good way to disinfect your water.