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ispensers for Safe Water is underpinned by Nobel Prize-winning research. In 2019, Michael Kremer (Nobel Laureate, Economic Sciences) even contributed one of our dispensers to the Nobel Museum to represent his work! Kremer and colleagues from Harvard and Berkeley tested chlorine dispensers in Kenya against a variety of other water treatment options. They found that 1) chlorine dispensers had much higher usage rates than comparable treatments, and 2) usage stayed high over time.
But many people around the world don’t have that luxury. Every day, about 1,400 children die from diseases caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There are simple solutions like drilled wells, spring protections and BioSand filters that help provide clean water to communities around the world.
In rural parts of low-income countries, most water sources are untreated, meaning that water is not safe to drink directly from the source. Our uniquely-engineered chlorine dispensers are installed next to commonly-used water sources, enabling people to treat their water using a safe and pre-measured dose of chlorine. The chlorine stays active for 2-3 days, ensuring water doesn’t get recontaminated even when stored at home. Adding diluted chlorine to water is a WHO-endorsed approach to improving water quality. In fact, water systems the world over routinely chlorinate water, making it safe to drink.