Explore Safe Drinking Water Storage

This technical brief describes the multi-barrier approach to safe drinking water. It lists the most common causes of contamination at the source, during transportation and during storage. It also describes actions you or the community you work with can take to improve drinking water safety. These include practices for source protection, safe water transportation, household water treatment, and safe storage.

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

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

Use the materials in this collection when facilitating and in-person Chlorination for Safe Drinking Water Workshop.

This poster outlines six simple steps for cleaning your safe water storage container.

A collection of practical WASH resources to support Ebola outbreak preparedness and response.

This animated instructional video is one of 9 videos in a series on the operation and maintenance of the biosand filter (BSF). The videos have been designed to educate end users of the filter and as a resource for organizations distributing the filter. The "No Voice" version can be used to dub the videos into a local language. English transcripts are provided. You can download a mobile or desktop app with all of the BSF videos at www.cawst.org/bsfvideos. These videos have been produced by CAWST.

This animated instructional video is one of 9 videos in a series on the operation and maintenance of the biosand filter (BSF). The videos have been designed to educate end users of the filter and as a resource for organizations distributing the filter. The "No Voice" version can be used to dub the videos into a local language. English transcripts are provided. You can download a mobile or desktop app with all of the BSF videos at www.cawst.org/bsfvideos. These videos have been produced by CAWST.

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

A collection of short e-learning tools and job aids to help water technicians treat, disinfect and safely handle drinking water under field conditions.

Use these sanitary inspection forms to evaluate actual and potential sources of contamination for different household water treatment technologies.

Use this infographic to raise awareness about an invisible threat lurking in drinking water containers called biofilm. This poster explains what biofilm is, the threat it poses, risk factors for its formation and how you can prevent it.

This lesson focuses on keeping water safe from re-contamination. It covers safe storage, as well as safe handling of clean water.

This document contains all of CAWST's one-page fact sheets about Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS) products and technologies.

How do you keep your treated water safe? Learn about how to prevent water from becoming recontaminated during storage and handling.

This manual equips school management and staff with the knowledge to instill WASH concepts among students.

In this lesson, participants explain why safe storage and handling of water is important. They brainstorm and demonstrate safe handling and storage practices.

This presentation describes why it is important to safely store treated water and how to store it

This sanitary inspection form is used to evaluate actual and potential sources of contamination for a household storage container.

This lesson will discuss the importance of safe storage of water and characteristics of a safe storage container.

Use this calculator to determine the chlorine needed for disinfecting wells, drinking water, and storage tanks. Read instructions before use.

Are you providing households with the best drinking water container possible? Use this checklist to evaluate which type of container is best for your situation and learn how to properly clean the most common drinking water containers.

This poster, developed as part of the Global Affairs Canada (GAC) project, is a practical guide for cleaning and disinfecting safe water storage containers.

This poster encourages households to clean their safe storage containers.

How do you prevent and treat contaminated drinking water? Learn about the multi-barrier approach to ensure that water is safe to drink.

Use this Excel calculator to determine the amount of chlorine required to disinfect storage tanks and tankers through shock chlorination. This method is recommended for new tanks or when there is evidence of microbial contamination.

This document provides a detailed inspection form and guidelines for the collection, storage, and treatment of drinking water in households.

This manual promotes sustainable practices through sensitization while addressing the challenges faced by community in WASH.

This collection contains the resources for both trainers and participants for the Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage workshop. This two to three day workshop provides an introduction to drinking water quality, the Multi-Barrier Approach to safe drinking water, household water treatment and safe storage (HWTS) options, behaviour change, and implementation best practices. The intended participants are people responsible for making decisions about HWTS selection and implementation.

Learn About Chlorine

Watch and share these 9 videos to learn more about how a biosand filter works, how to use it and how to maintain it.

These workshop materials contain the resources for the Community WASH Promotion workshop. The role of the Community WASH Promoter is essential for the successful implementation of any household water treatment, sanitation, or hygiene (WASH) project. Through this workshop, participants will gain a clear understanding of the best practices for supporting community members in changing their behaviours of WASH practices with the aim of achieving improved community livelihoods.

Wondering how you can provide safe drinking water in homes, schools and clinics in your community? Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS) is a simple and effective solution. Find all the basics to get started here!

This collection contains the resources for both trainers and participants for the Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage Program Design workshop. The intended participants are people responsible for making decisions about HWTS program design and implementation.

This collection contains the resources for both trainers and participants for the Biosand Filter Project Implementation workshop. This workshop is designed for biosand filter project managers and technicians. This workshop includes information and hands-on experience on the construction, use and monitoring of the biosand filter. The hands-on topics include checking the steel mold, making the concrete filter container, preparing filtration sand, installing filters and conducting follow-up visits. The participant will gain a clear understanding of the rationale behind the filter design and why proper preparation of the filtration sand is so important.

This is an introductory level workshop that was co-developed with our partners in Afghanistan at DACAAR. This workshop is for those who are just starting to work in the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene sector. It covers the basic of WASH which include topics of disease transmission, household water treatment, solid waste management, vector control, sanitation, hygiene, and behaviour change.

This poster set includes water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) posters to teach about good WASH practices, including household water treatment technologies.