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Power of knowledge in executing household water treatment programs globally
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posted on 2018-02-12, 15:08 authored by Camille Dow Baker, L. Rolling, R. Martinez, A. Baryar, G. Bulos, M. LipmanThis paper presents a case study of five organizations from five countries: Haiti, El Salvador, India, the Philippines
and Pakistan, demonstrating that knowledge transfer can be a catalyst for locally-driven water programs
for the poor. Each organization received training and technical consulting from the Centre for Affordable
Water and Sanitation Technology on Project Implementation for the Biosand Filter. Each then established
an independent project resulting in cleaner water for 156,000 people in six years, and widespread biosand
filter acceptance among users. Lessons learned are that knowledge transfer can result in effective, sustainable
and scaleable technology implementation; transfer takes place one person at a time, making education
at all levels crucial; pilots/demonstrations are essential motivators to technology adoption; involvement of
mainstream government can result in faster implementation and widespread acceptance; and technology
training is not enough. Organizations need to learn how to plan, implement and monitor programs.
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DOW BAKER, C. ... et al, 2008. Power of knowledge in executing household water treatment programs globally. IN: Jones, H. (ed). Access to sanitation and safe water - Global partnerships and local actions: Proceedings of the 33rd WEDC International Conference, Accra, Ghana, 7-11 April 2008, pp. 157-160.Publisher
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