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WEDC Technical Brief No. 47: Improving pond water

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posted on 2025-02-06, 14:24 authored by Brian Skinner, Rod ShawRod Shaw

Wherever possible, a community should avoid the health risks which result from using contaminated pond water, by using an alternative, good-quality source. (Groundwater or rainwater sources will usually produce water of much better quality.) If a pond is the only source of water, the implementation of some of the ideas in this Technical Brief should improve the quality of water. It is not easy to find a sustainable way to produce good-quality potable water from ponds, but any improvement in the quality of pond water is worth the effort. This Brief concentrates on the removal of suspended matter and pathogenic organisms. It does not address the removal of chemical contaminants because of the complexities involved.

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School

  • Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Research Unit

  • Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)

Published in

Running Water. More Technical Briefs on Health, Water and Sanitation

Pages

57- 60

Publisher

Practical Action Publishing

Version

  • VoR (Version of Record)

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© Practical Action Publishing

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All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission of Practical Action Publishing.

ISBN

9781853394508

eISSN

9781780445816

Language

  • en

Editor(s)

Rod Shaw

Depositor

Mr Matthieu Leger, impersonating Mr Brian Shaw. Deposit date: 6 February 2025

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