Transcription of portable WTP handbook
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portable WTP handbook
1 Contents Introduction .. 1 Terminology and Abbreviations .. 2 Constructing A portable water Treatment System Using Local Materials .. 3 I. Siting and materials .. 3 a. Siting .. 3 b. Containment and plumbing .. 3 c. Media .. 7 II. How it (and how to maintain ) .. 10 a. Gravel roughing filter .. 10 b. Slow/bio- sand filter .. 10 c. Charcoal (biochar) filter .. 11 d. Safe water storage .. 14 Introduction Contamination of drinking water sources by disease causing microbial agents and chemical toxicants such as pesticides, pharmaceuticals, industrial wastes and fuel components is a growing worldwide problem. Microbiological water contaminants cause diarrhea, flu and other diseases. Many synthetic chemical contaminants bio-accumulate in the human body and cause cancer, birth defects and diseases of the reproductive system, and disrupt endocrine and neurological systems.
! 3 Constructing A Portable Water Treatment System Using Local Materials Improving water quality involves mitigating disease causing biological agents (pathogens) as well
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