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Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage Following Emergencies and Disasters

This 6-page document, created by the World Health Organization, provides users with straight-forward explanations on household water treatment methods in the wake of emergencies and disasters. It provides descriptions of the following treatment methods: chemical disinfection; solar disinfection; filtration; boiling; and safe storage. An annex at the end of the document provides details and pictures of chlorination and solar disinfection methods. Search keywords: earthquake, disaster.

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