PUR
Developed by Procter and Gamble in collaboration with the CDC, PUR is a robust household water treatment technology that effectively removes turbidity (dirt), bacteria, viruses and parasites from water through a combined process of disinfection with calcium hypochlorite and flocculation with iron sulfate. Using the same technology utilized by municipal water treatment facilities, PUR is a powder packaged in 4 gram sachets with each packet treating 10 liters of water. PUR is effective in removing bacteria, viruses, parasites, arsenic and DDT. Because of its efficacy in visibly removing dirt and parasites from water, PSI often targets PUR to people living with HIV/AIDS and to those drinking turbid surface water.
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Health Areas: Child Survival, Diarrheal Disease
