About this Course

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It is well known that water treatment at the household level can lead to dramatic improvements in drinking water quality. But does Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS) also have global relevance? What are the potential treatment solutions and how do they function? Is there a standard strategy for successful HWTS implementation, or can we identify key components which make programs more likely to succeed? 
In this course you will learn about the most important water treatment methods at household level, successful implementation strategies and about assessing the impact of HWTS.

MOOC SERIES “SANITATION, WATER AND SOLID WASTE FOR DEVELOPMENT” : This course is one of four in the series “Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development".

FRANçAIS: Dans ce MOOC, vous allez apprendre les plus importantes méthodes de traitement de l'eau au niveau des ménages, les stratégies pour une mise en œuvre réussie et l’évaluation de l’impact du traitement et stockage sûr de l'eau à domicile. 

ESPAñOL: Aprende acerca de los métodos más importantes de tratamiento de agua a nivel domiciliario, de estrategias de implementación eficientes y de la evaluación del impacto del tratamiento doméstico y almacenamiento seguro del agua.

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Intermediate Level

Approx. 14 hours to complete

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Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish, Hindi

Flexible deadlines

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Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Intermediate Level

Approx. 14 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish, Hindi

Instructors

Instructor rating

4.73/5 (182 Ratings)

Rick Johnston

Dr.

Joint Monitoring Programme / WHO

19,590 Learners

1 Course

Sara Marks

Dr.

Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development / Eawag

19,590 Learners

1 Course

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Content Rating97%(2,944 ratings)

Week

1

Week 1

3 hours to complete

Introduction to HWTS

The course begins with a review of the public health impacts of unsafe drinking water. We define physical, chemical, and microbial aspects of drinking water quality and present the major classes of pathogens. Information about pathways for faecal contamination of drinking water are followed by an introduction to the concept of HWTS and the principal technologies.

3 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 71 min), 7 readings, 1 quiz

9 videos

Trailer1m

1.1 Introduction to the course2m

1.2 Global burden of disease15m

1.3 Water-borne pathogens11m

1.4 How does drinking water become unsafe?12m

1.5 What is HWTS?6m

1.6 SDG Baselines: Drinking Water Services13m

1.7 WHO/UNICEF International Network on HWTS - Guest Lecturer: B. Majuru5m

1.8 Key messages - Week 11m

7 readings

Important information to succeed in this course10m

Readings10m

Connect with your peers10m

Recommended resources related to COVID-19 and HWTS 10m

1.6b Readings - SDG's10m

How to give feedback to the course team?10m

Slides - Week 110m

1 practice exercise

Week 145m

Week

2

Week 2

3 hours to complete

HWTS treatment options

During week 2 and 3 we focus on potential treatment methods. We refer first to the standards of safe drinking water and improved drinking water. Week 2 focuses on sedimentation and different kinds of filtration.

3 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 88 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

Week

3

Week 3

2 hours to complete

HWTS treatment options

During week 2 and 3 we focus on potential treatment methods. We refer first to the standards of safe drinking water and improved drinking water. Week 3 focuses on heat, ultraviolet radiation, chemical disinfection. Specific modules are provided to cover safe storage and combined methods of water treatment.

2 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 75 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

Week

4

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Implementation strategies for HWTS

During week 4 we analyse different approaches that have been successfully applied. We highlight key components which make programs more likely to succeed. We ask the questions, what is required that the most vulnerable populations use HWTS correctly and consistently over the long-term? In separate modules we consider the special case of HWTS in emergency response and provide information about the role of government bodies.

2 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 83 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

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TOP REVIEWS FROM INTRODUCTION TO HOUSEHOLD WATER TREATMENT AND SAFE STORAGE

by MFNov 1, 2017

I so loved this course! I would like to thank coursera for granting me an opportunity to do this course! It is awesome I recommend that institutions offering water engineering courses should adapt it!

by RAJun 1, 2020

Very informative and practical course as water treatment is very useful and it is very nice to have knowledge about HWTS for a student.Teachers are very knowledgeful and interactive in this course.

by SKJun 30, 2021

It was great course of HWTS. I have a nice project for de-centralized water treatment solution for rural area of low and middle income countries. I need help to implement my project in my region.

by JAMar 20, 2021

very educative course on household water treatment and safe storage technologies........All in all, the suite of courses from Ecole Polytechnique have been most informative.........

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Introduction to Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage