Do low-cost ceramic water filters improve water security in rural South
Africa?

Lange, Jens; Materne, Tineke; Grüner, Jörg

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/dwes-9-47-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/dwes-9-47-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/dwes-9-47-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

Research article

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11 Oct 2016

Research article |

| 11 Oct 2016

Do low-cost ceramic water filters improve water security in rural South Africa?

Jens Lange, Tineke Materne, and Jörg Grüner

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RC1: 'Do low-cost ceramic water filters improve water security in rural South Africa?', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Jul 2016
- AC1: 'Final author comments for review of referee#1', Jens Lange, 16 Sep 2016
RC2: '7', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Jul 2016
- AC2: 'Final author comments for review of referee#2', Jens Lange, 16 Sep 2016
RC3: 'Referee’s Comments on manuscript titled 'Do low-cost ceramic water filters improve water security in rural South Africa?'', Anonymous Referee #3, 08 Aug 2016
- AC3: 'Final author comments for review of referee #3', Jens Lange, 16 Sep 2016

Short summary

Here we investigate the suitability of a specific low-cost water filter for drinking water treatment in households of rural South Africa. Distributed in the field, none of 51 individually tested water filters produced water without distinct contamination, and more than one-third even deteriorated hygienic water quality. We therefore recommend frequent monitoring of the filter performance at the point of use and identify dip slides as an efficient tool to assess critical contamination.