Decision support system and tool for selection and costing of potable water reuse systems
The REUSEDM is a decision support system that is desigend to assist in identifying, evaluating, comparing, and selecting appropriate water reclamation and reuse treatment train options, which can ...
Monitoring data on eutrophic state of surface water
Cyanolakes provides info on eutrophic state of lakes in near realtime Monitor abstractions points in near-real time for cyanobacteria and algae, total suspended mass and water clarity, with seasonal ...
Develop WASH-related guidance and policy
An analysis of unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene in public spaces from the political economy angle. Socio-economic factors related to the category of users and the proprietary interests of specific ...
Assess new prevention ideas water born-diseases
Using Citizen Science Approaches to monitor water, sanitation and hygiene related risks Relatively few studies have explored how resilience of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems to hazards ...
Promoting rapid and in situ test of water quality
Portable LED fluorescence instrumentation for the rapid assessment of potable water quality. Using LED fluorescence instrumentation to improve water quality, it has been notable that each of the ...
Promotion of effective sanitation and hygiene practice
This evidence brief provides an overview of WASH interventions in disease outbreak response – an evidence synthesis published in February 2017 by the Humanitarian Evidence Programme and carried out by ...
HELIO
HELIO is an autonomous drinking water production unit working with solar energy only. Thanks to the distillation process, HELIO treats any type of water unfit to human consumption. Cost-effective ...
Healthy Futures
Health, environmental change and adaptive capacity: mapping, examining and anticipating future risks of water-related vector-borne diseases in eastern Africa. ...
Biological control for reducing insect breeding
Mosquito Control With Entomopathogenic Bacteria has been assessed in Europe. The application of microbial control agents can effectively reduce the population densities of the target species such as ...
Reducing contact to insects for reducing infection risks
Global change, parasite transmission and disease control: lessons from ecology. Parasitic infections are ubiquitous in wildlife, livestock and human populations, and healthy ecosystems are often ...
On-line real-time water quality monitoring for bacterial contamination of water
ColiMinder® is a fully automated measurement system for detection of bacterial contamination in water created in Austria. ColiMinder CMI is able to detect ultra-sensitively faecal or total ...
Drinking water suppliers to adopt best industry practices for water efficiency, and new strategies that adjust for changes in water quantity and quality.
Best industry practices for water efficiency, such as System-wide water loss accounting, Leak detection and repair, and Pricing that encourages consumer water conservation. ...
Tracking of causes and sources of water-borne disease and outbreaks
On 12 October 2015, a cholera outbreak involving 65 cases and two deaths was reported in a fishing village in Hoima District, Western Uganda. Despite initial response by the local health department ...
Developing improved sampling and methods detection of water-borne disease in water
Emerging biosensor platforms for the assessment of water-borne pathogens. Pathogens are key contaminants in water that are responsible for the generation of various water-borne diseases, and include ...
Developing new ways to remove or inactivate pathogens in water
Waterborne pathogens are a major health threat and must be eliminated to guarantee safe usage of water for potable purposes. For this purpose, a new carbon-based nanomaterial composed of single-walled ...
Identification of the risk factors for infection by unsafe water
Symptoms and risk factors of parasites infection in children by unsafe water. Significant risk factors for infection, besides living within the distribution area of contaminated water plants, included ...
Proper treatment and disinfection of water
Bacterial Inactivation Potential of Purified Okra Seed Proteins in Water Purification. Waterborne pathogens are a major health threat and must be eliminated to guarantee safe usage of water for ...
Chemical control for reducing insect breeding
Pesticide free traps and attractant for surveillance and control of Aedes container breeding mosquitos are key to reducing insect breeding. This solution offers an inexpensive, biodegradable, easily ...
Solutions
Do you have a solution that matches one of the identified water-related needs of African stakeholders? Please submit it to the AfriAlliance Solutions Hub here.