Engineers Without Borders – USA, Denver

This is a report commissioned by the Wilson Center related to Household Water Treatment and Storage.

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From the report: “The United Nations’ International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade (1981-1990) failed to achieve its goal of universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation by 1990 (World Health Organization [WHO], 2003). Even though service levels rose by more than 10 percent during the decade, 1.1 billion people still lacked access to improved water supplies, and 2.4 billion people were without adequate sanitation, in 1990 (WHO/UNICEF, 2000). Reasons cited for the decade’s failure include population growth, funding limitations, inadequate operation and maintenance, and continuation of a business as usual approach, drawing on traditional resources, policies, and technologies…”

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Download the full report here. (Thanks to Chris Fahlin for providing this doc.)