Adriaan Mol
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The success of household sand filtration
01.07.2001
Despite numerous constraints, community participation remains a central element in most water projects. In fact, the concept is so fundamental that hardly any donor will consider funding a project if no active involvement of an organized group of community members is evident. This article describes the success of a project that actively avoided working with groups, but specifically targeted individuals with the introduction of a simple but effective form of household-level sand filtration.