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The role of social networks on the uptake of household water filters by women in self-help groups in rural India

Household water treatment and safe storage (HWTS) has been shown to improve drinking water quality and prevent disease. Efforts to scale up HWTS among vulnerable populations have been limited, partly due to an incomplete understanding of the socio-cultural influences on decision-making around uptake of HWTS. In-depth interviews were conducted with women in self-help groups in rural India who were ...

Dec. 1, 2011

By IWA Publishing

Rapid Gravity Filters - Case Study

Site The main water filter works for a holiday town having 10 gravity ...

Sep. 17, 2020

By Clayton Penistone Group

Efficacy of a ceramic siphon household water filter for removal of pathogenic microorganisms: lifespan volume test

Treatment of drinking water at the point of use (POU) has demonstrated health benefits for people who have access only to microbially contaminated drinking water. In this work, the ceramic siphon POU water filter was evaluated for its ability to reduce indicator microorganisms in test waters. During batch challenge tests, the filter reduced Escherichia coli in filtered water by 7 log10 ...

Jun. 1, 2011

By IWA Publishing

UFK filters

The UFK filter module is an independently operating filter and can easily be used as a gatekeeper in a small-scale pipeline network, a pipe section or an individual tapping point. The filter is suitable for cold water installations with a maximum temperature of 40° Celsius. Since we are the manufacturer, we can produce every capacity. We have our own standard line with capacities between 0.3 ...

Aug. 12, 2019

By PB International

Water filters fact sheet

Why do people use water filters? Water filters are used to upgrade the quality, taste and appearance of water in the home. Water filters can also be used to eliminate concerns about contaminants and other potential health hazards in tap water. What do water filters do? Water filters eliminate a number of common water problems in the home, including chlorine taste or smell, cloudy water, ...

Oct. 6, 2015

By Kinetico - an Axel Johnson Company

Global Month of Impact Wine to Water in Portland

May is Autodesk’s annual Global Month of Impact. The Impact Team here in the Portland office held 3 sessions assembling water filters to be shipped around the globe to those that need them to filter water for drinking. 47 awesome Autodesk Portland employees participated! 60 filters were completed that will provide 10,000 gallons of clean water a year for up to 10 years and Sawyer the ...

May 17, 2018

By Autodesk, Inc

Importance of Industrial & Commercial Water Filters in Industry!

Industrial water filters are a significant part of the industrial process as they are used for many types of applications in the industry. These filters help in increasing the efficacy of the Industrial operations. Industries employ water filters for a variety of applications including institutional, municipal and industrial. Industrial water filters can sustain any weather or climate condition ...

Jul. 24, 2020

By Filter Concept Pvt. Ltd.

Water Filter and Softener Installation Services in Southern California

While many WECO water filtration systems can be installed with simple plumbing tools, we realize not everyone has the time or skills to tackle home or commercial plumbing projects. We’ve made installation of your WECO water filtration system as easy as a phone call. WECO has partnered with Grand Water to install and maintain your water filtration system. How many times have you heard ...

Oct. 19, 2018

By WECO Filters

What Happens if You Don`t Change Your Refrigerator Water Filter

So you’ve been waiting to change your water filter but you haven’t gotten around to it just yet. Maybe you aren’t exactly sure how to change your water filter and so you’ve been procrastinating. If you’re not experienced it can seem confusing or maybe you just feel like it’s too expensive to keep constantly changing your refrigerator water filter. Almost 77 ...

Sep. 13, 2020

By Bestfilters.com LLC

Filter backwashing

Backwashng a drinking water system filter means reversing and increasing the water's flow to flush out accumulated debris and particles. Backwashing is not only vital to the life of a filter, it is fundamental to the quality of water coming out of the filter. Sooner or later, all filters need to be backwashed or ...

May 26, 2009

By Entech Design, Inc.

How to choose the best Industrial Water Filtration System for mining applications

Over the course of the past few decades concern for the environment has brought about a large number of new regulations concerning the use of water in mining operations. These include how it is accessed, and how it is treated, using industrial water filtration to ensure all waste water generated meets with acceptable standards of cleanliness. In the mining industry, things like overburden, waste ...

Apr. 6, 2017

By Filtra Systems

Electromagnetic detection of a 410-km-deep melt layer in the southwestern United States.

A deep-seated melt or fluid layer on top of the 410-km-deep seismic discontinuity in Earth’s upper mantle, as proposed in the transition-zone ‘waterfilter’ hypothesis, may have significant bearing on mantle dynamics and chemical differentiation. The geophysical detection of such a layer has, however, proved difficult. Magnetotelluric and geomagnetic depth sounding are geophysical methods ...

Apr. 14, 2010

By Hargis + Associates Inc

What water filtration system do I need?

Water is abundantly available on the surface of the Earth. But do you know only 10% of the water is consumable, and the rest of the water is not usable? As the population is rapidly growing, the need for the consumable water is also growing. This increasing need for water has resulted in a scarcity of water in different regions. In such cases, the only solution is to reuse the wastewater and to ...

Oct. 2, 2017

By Genesis Water Technologies, Inc.

City Water International explains The Basics of Water Filtration

The Basics of Water Filtration Most of us know that filtered water is healthier than tap water because of its purity, but how does water filtration work? The basic principle is that filtered water has passed through a filter which removes contaminants through one of several methods, depending on the type of filter. Most water purification systems work in one of three ways by running water ...

Sep. 28, 2015

By City Water International

Damage control - handling major hurricane damage to production platform

A major operating company in the Gulf of Mexico had some unique challenges when their existing systems were damaged during a major hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. They selected CETCO Oilfield Services to provide them with temporary services, personnel for 24 hour coverage, and a complete equipment rental package to handle all the production for the platform while repairs were being conducted. ...

Mar. 24, 2010

By CETCO Energy Services

Serological responses to Cryptosporidium antigens among women using riverbank-filtered water, conventionally filtered surface water and groundwater in Hungary

ABSTRACTWe compared serological responses to Cryptosporidium parvum antigens using surplus sera from females undergoing routine screening for pregnancy from three counties in Hungary where bank-filtered surface water, conventionally filtered and disinfected surface water, and groundwater from either a karst or confined aquifer are commonly used for drinking water. The primary purpose was to ...

Mar. 1, 2005

By IWA Publishing

Assessment of a membrane drinking water filter in an emergency setting

The performance and acceptability of the NeroxTM membrane drinking water filter were evaluated among an internally displaced population in Pakistan. The membrane filter and a control ceramic candle filter were distributed to over 3,000 households. Following a 6-month period, 230 households were visited and filter performance and use were assessed. Only 6% of the visited households still ...

Jun. 8, 2015

By IWA Publishing

Which Water Filter Removes the Most Contaminants?

If you’re someone who is concerned about the quality of your water but you’re not exactly sure what water filter you need, ask yourself one question: Which water filter removes the most contaminants? Consistently drinking water and not knowing what's in it and what’s going into your body is definitely something you should be concerned about. In fact, contaminated water makes ...

Jul. 15, 2020

By Bestfilters.com LLC

How industrial water filtration can improve efficiency and save you money

Over the course of the past couple of decades, industrial water filtration has become one of the most important considerations for the average manufacturing facility in North America. These concerns have only increased as water supplies have dwindled and wastewater contamination standards have become more stringent. All of this has led to the need to choose the right industrial water filters and ...

Mar. 31, 2017

By Filtra Systems

Effects of tap water processing on the concentration of disinfection by-products

Aim: This study examined the effects on disinfection by-product (DBP) concentrations of common household methods for processing drinking water.Methods: We investigated the effects of refrigerator storage, jug filtering, boiling in an electric kettle, and supply from an instant boiling water unit, with or without filtering, on four species of trihalomethanes (THMs) and nine species of haloacetic ...

Sep. 1, 2011

By IWA Publishing

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