The following links provide information on the field of safe water. We've organized the list by organizations and networks and by water technologies and companies. The list is not exhaustive, and PATH does not endorse any particular organization, company, or technology.

Organizations and networks

• Akvopedia
• Center for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST)
• Clearinghouse: for low-cost water treatment technologies
• Design for the Other 90%
• End Water Poverty
• Gender and Water Alliance (GWA)
• Global Water Partnership
• India Water Portal
• International Development Enterprise (IDE)
• International Scientific Forum on Home Hygiene (IFH)
• International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
• IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
• MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering
• National Academy of Sciences / Global Health and Education Foundation
• PATH Safe Water Project (for information contact: info@path.org)
• PATH HWTS Design Guidelines website
• PSI- Water/Child Survival
• UNESCO World Water Assessment Program (WWAP)
• UNICEF- Water, environment and sanitation
• USAID Hygiene Improvement Project
• USAID POUZN (Point of Use Water Disinfection and Zinc Treatment)
• Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC)
• WHO International Network to Promote Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage
• WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation
• WHO Water, Sanitation and Health (WSH)
• World Bank- Water and Sanitation Program
• World Bank- Water Supply and Sanitation
• World Resources Institute - NextBillion.net
• World Water Council

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Water technologies and companies

Biosand

• Biosand Filter.org
• CAWST Biosand Filter
• Samaritans Purse®

Ceramic—candle filter

• Berkey® Water Filters
• Doulton®
• Katadyn®
• Rama®
• Silver Ceramic Water Purifiers

Ceramic—pottery

• Potters for Peace

UV radiation

• AquaStar™- Meridian Designs
• MEDRIX
• Moniba
• RDI Cambodia (Research Development International)
• SODIS
• SteriPEN®
• UV Tube (UC Berkeley)
• Upstream™- UV Pure Technologies
• UV Waterworks™ - WaterHealth International

Chemical—chlorine

• Aquatabs - Medentech
• CDC SWS (Safe Water System)
• PSI (Population Services Internacional) SWS (Safe Water Solution)
• Micropur® - Katadyn®
• MIOX® - Mountain Safety Research® (MSR®)

Chemical—flocculation/disinfection

• Aquacef- Cipla
• Pur™- P&G™
• Alum and other chemicals- WHO Water Sanitation and Health

Filter and disinfection modules

• Aquasure™- Eureka Forbes©
• Gift of Water®
• HaloPure®- HaloSource®
• Pureit®- Hindustan Lever®
• Swach® - Tata
• WaterGuard®- Usha Shriram Brita®

Other

• Dow Water Solutions™
• LifeStraw®
• Nerox- Scandinavian Water Technology

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