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Safe Water System (SWS) - Where Has the SWS Been Used?
- Peru
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> Where?
> Peru
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 Project
Partners
- PAHO/Centro Panamericano de Ingeneria
Sanitaria y Ciencias del Ambiente
GTZ
ADRA/OFASA
Ministry of Health
Target Populations/Location
- Coastal region
- Santa Toribio de Mogrovejo, distrito de Chiclayo,
provinica de Chiclayo, departamento de Lambayeque
- Sierra region
- Dos de Mayo, distrito de Pucara, provincia de
Huancayo, departamento de Junin
- Chucos, distrito de Pucara, provincia de Huancayo,
departamento de Junin
- Jungle region
- Quisto Central, distrito de Pichari, provincia
de La Convencion, departamento del Cusco
- Mayapo, distrito de Sivia, provincia de Huanta,
departamento de Ayacucho
Project Design
- Implementation of a community-based project
 Intervention
Elements
- Sodium hypochlorite solution produced locally
using appropriate technology
Locally produced, 20-liter plastic containers with
spigots
Community education
Project Start Date
Results of Project Evaluations
Preliminary studies in late 1996 showed acceptance
rates of the intervention at higher than 80%
From 1997 to 1999, the program served 240,000 persons
in 489 communities. In 2001, 163 (60%) systems were
still operational.
For More Information
rrojas@cepis.ops-oms.org
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Date:
August 24, 2005
Content source: National Center for Infectious Diseases
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