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Water Purification

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Water Sources
Water Purification
Water Distribution
Water Use
Wastewater Collection
Wastewater Treatment
Reuse and Recharge

Water Purification

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Creating an Enabling Environment

Creating Policies and a Legal Fram...

Building an Institutional Framewor...

Bundling and Unbundling of Functio...

Strengthening Enforcement Bodies (...

Decentralisation (WP)

Public Private Partnerships (WP)

Privatisation (WP)

Nationalisation (WP)

Developing Human Resources (WP)

Awareness Raising

Social Marketing (WP)

School Campaigns (WP)

SSWM in School Curriculums (WP)

Empowering Young People as Promote...

Advocacy - Influencing Leaders (WP...

Creating Information Material (WP)

Media Campaigns - Posters and Flye...

Media Campaigns - Radio (WP)

Media Campaigns - Video (WP)

Media Campaigns - Internet and Ema...

Corporate Social Responsibility (W...

Economic Tools

Command and Control Tools

Restrictions (WP)

Hardware

Point-of-Use Water Treatment

Straining and Filtration

Ceramic Candle Filter

Colloidal Silver Filter

Arsenic Removal Technologies

Solar Pasteurisation

Advanced Filters

Water Quality Testing

Water Purification in Emergencies

Water Purification in Emergencies ...

POU Water Purification in Emergenc...

Community and Camp Water Supply

(Semi-)centralised Drinking Water Treatments

Treatment Plant Set-up

Sedimentation (centralised)

Coagulation-Flocculation

Slow Sand Filtration

Rapid Sand Filtration

Bank Filtration

Arsenic Oxidation

Adsorption (Activated Carbon)

Membrane Filtration

Advanced Oxidation Processes

Chlorination (centralised)

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Related Topics

Concept

What is sustainable sanitation and water management? How are they linked to agriculture? Learn more on the basics of SSWM:

Concept Introduction

Background

Learn more on background issues related to water purification - e.g. the problem of water pollution, or waterborne diseases, for instance.

Understand your System

Get an overview of your local water and nutrient cycle. If you don't know which tool to look at here, first identify your local problems with water purification:

How Is Water Purified?

Planning & Process Tools

You know WHAT you want to do but you don't know not HOW? Learn more on the planning and implementation process:

Planning & Process Tools Introduction

Water Sources

Being now in the water purification section, you may want to know more about making your water sources management more sustainable.

Water Distribution

Now that you know more about sustainable solutions for water purification, learn more about water distribution.

Water Distribution

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