Resources by Safe Water for Every Child Myanmar

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

Boiling is a good way to disinfect your water.

This presentation is for use with the Introduction for Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage, and is broken up in to Day 1, 2, and 3.

This poster presentation can be used as a participatory learning tool by Community Health Promoters (CHP) in a variety of situations to: • Teach about safe water, hygiene and sanitation practices in general; • Introduce new household water treatment technologies; • Train people how to operate and maintain their household water treatment technology; and • Reinforce messages about household water treatment, hygiene and sanitation on a return visit to a household.

This technical brief introduces and defines household water treatment and safe storage (HWTS). It describes how HWTS systems fit within a multi-barrier approach to safe drinking water. It also discusses the benefits and limitations of HWTS.