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AQUATEST project
Stephen Gundry
Water and Environmental Management Research Centre
University of Bristol
IAS Water Workshop October 2006
Community water supply……
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…looks murky…what about quality?
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…but tastes good……
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Millennium Development Goals Water Target:
Reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water by 2015
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MDG #7 – progress report
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MDG #7 – progress report
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MDG #7 - Definitions Access to safe drinking water is
estimated by the percentage of the population using improved drinking water sources:
Household connection Public standpipe Borehole Protected dug well Protected spring Rainwater collection
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AQUATEST Preparatory study to establish:
needs technological feasibility funding requirements
12 months analysis (18 month contract) Mid-2007: full R&D proposal Funding Euro 446,000 by European Union
under FP6:Global change and Ecosystems 13 participants (Europe 6; USA 3; Africa 3
and WHO)
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Participants Europe
UK: University of Bristol (Coordinator), University of Southampton and University of Surrey
Eire: Royal College of Surgeons Ireland France: Chemunex SA
Developing countries South Africa: University of Cape Town and CSIR
Environmentek Zimbabwe: Institute of Water & Sanitation Development
Third countries and international organisations USA: University of North Carolina, AQUAYA Institute and
MIT World Health Organization Oxfam
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University of Bristol WEMRC / Engineering Management
Stephen Gundry Chemistry
Prof Tony Davis FRPERC
Steve James Policy Studies
Prof Dave Gordon Computer Science
Walterio Mayol-Cuevas
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What is it for?
Monitoring Risk assessment and response Measuring MDG progress Ad-hoc surveys (inc disasters)
People power ! Communities take responsibility Households react: better HWTS Hygiene educational benefit
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What is currently available? Static laboratories
Expensive equipment, consumables and high calibre staff
Long chain to get samples from field Field labs / portable labs
Much cheaper, but also trained staff Disposable tests
Presence/absence by H2S Others – expensive
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What do we want to provide? Low cost
Target price: USD 0.10 per test Low skill
Zero training e.g. home pregnancy test Better than P/A
Not full enumeration of E. coli Bands of water quality: ‘traffic light’
Links Water Safety Plans Risk monitoring systems not compliance
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Who will use it?
Professionals Environmental health officers W&S commissioning engineers Survey technicians (disasters)
Water consumers Non-specialist staff (e.g. clinic nurse) Community leaders Householders
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When? Mid-2007 Preparatory study complete End-2007 Full R&D funding End-2008 Complete prototype design
and lab tests 2009 Beta test in field End 2009 Evaluation and design
modifications 2010 Limited product availability 2011 Full product availability and
local manufacturing support
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www.aquatest-research.org
Website now online Not-for-profit organisation, BUT Follow on water diagnostic products,
which may have commercial applications: Advanced technology version Other contaminant testing Biodiversity index
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The Lancet 2006; 368:1212
Editorial:
“It is dangerously short sighted to pour immense time and resources into vaccinating children only for them to die a few years later from diarrhoeal illnesses.”