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Malawi

Malawi currently reports 86% drinking water coverage for the country. However, although access to safe water is increasing, there are “blind spot” areas with poor access to safe water as a result of poor governance, high non functionality, technical failure and water inequality. The most affected are in rural areas were the water crisis in compounded with poverty, gender and low investment by the government.

WATERSPOUTT Malawi aims to target these affected areas to assure safe water at household level regardless of the type of the source. By working with product designers and the community we will develop a combined solar disinfection and ceramic filtration unit to treat water at household level. This system will be tested for efficacy and user acceptability through stringent controlled and field testing.


Lundu, Chikwawa district, Malawi

Lundu, Chikwawa district, Malawi

The health impact assessment and user acceptance for the product development are being conducted in Traditional Authority Lundu, Chikwawa district located in southern region of Malawi.


Transporting water
Transporting water from source to the households is no easy Job for people in Nyamphota village.
Community self-initiative
Community self-initiative to access safe water. However, despite efforts the well is heavily contaminated
school girl
A school girl fetching water from irrigation canals filtering water with sand bank while others wash up stream in the unregulated water source
women’s groups
Opportunities for making ceramic filters in communities exist as women’s groups are already making clay stoves and water storage containers at village level.
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