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Water, Sanitation, Hygiene: Comparison Chart



Household

Street

Neighborhood

Community

Amount

  • 1–3 gals./person/day

  • ½ gal./pet/day

  • 1–3 gals./person/day

  • ½ gal./pet/ day

  • 1–3 gals./person/day

  • ½ gal./pet/day

  • 1–3 gals./person/day

  • ½ gal./pet/day

Supply

4 weeks

4 weeks

4 weeks

4 weeks

Water Containers

  • 2–5 gal. plastic containers

  • Rain barrels

  • Cisterns

  • 2–5 gal. plastic containers

  • Rain barrels

  • Cisterns

50–500 gal. plastic or metal containers

250-gal. IBC totes for distribution

Equipment

  • Lifestraw filter

  • Purification tablets

  • Countertop purification system

  • Source of heat for boiling

  • Pot for boiling

  • Spigots

  • Hoses

  • Twin bucket system

  • Toilet paper

  • Toilet seats for buckets

  • Hand sanitizer

  • Hand washing stations including soap, water container with spigot, and catch bucket

  • Shampoo

  • Sanitizer wipes

  • Privacy tent or tarp

  • Paper towels

  • Garbage bags

  • Bleach or disinfectant

  • Menstrual products

  • Baby diapers

  • Dog waste bags

  • Towels

  • Clothesline and clothespins

  • Bucket for washing dishes

  • Lifestraw filter

  • Purification tablets

  • Source of heat for boiling

  • Pot for boiling

  • Spigots

  • Hoses

  • Twin bucket system

  • Toilet paper

  • Toilet seats for buckets

  • Hand sanitizer

  • Hand washing stations including soap, water container with spigot, and catch bucket

  • Shampoo

  • Sanitizer wipes

  • Privacy tent or tarp

  • Paper towels

  • Garbage bags

  • Bleach or disinfectant

  • Menstrual products

  • Baby diapers

  • Dog waste bags

  • Towels

  • Clothesline and clothespins

  • Bucket for washing dishes


  • Filter system

  • Purification tablets

  • Source of heat for boiling

  • Pot for boiling

  • Spigots

  • Hoses

  • 1 latrine/20 people

  • Disinfecting supplies

  • Waste collection tools

  • Hand sanitizer

  • Hand washing stations including soap, water container with spigot, and catch bucket

  • Sanitizer wipe

  • Paper towels

  • Menstrual products

  • Garbage bags

  • Sharps containers

  • Baby diapers

  • Dog waste bags


  • Pumps

  • Filtration system

  • Hoses

  • Generators

Precautions

  • Drinking water must be treated/boiled and filtered

  • Prevent disease through proper hygiene

  • Drinking water must be treated/boiled and filtered

  • Prevent disease through proper hygiene

  • Manage human waste and trash

  • Take dead bodies to Disaster Hub

  • Drinking water must be treated/boiled and filtered

  • Manage human waste and trash

  • Properly store of dead bodies

  • Make sure agreements are in place for use of alternate water sources like lakes, pools, rivers, water tanks

  • Monitor for disease outbreaks

  • Assist in trash collection



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