Drinking water for all

The aim of the project was to provide 15 villages in the Alaotra- Mangoro and Betsiboka regions with clean drinking water by supplying them with the chlorine-based water purification method Watalys. The Watalys equipment is portable and easy-to-use. It operates with a car battery or a solar panel and renders drinkable up to 4,000 litres of water per hour. The project included training local populations to make them self-sufficient in their water management.

The objective of 15 villages was exceeded. Sixteen villages gained access to clean drinking water thanks to the Watalys chlorination system and were trained in water management. Past experience shows that the effects of water disinfection on a large scale become apparent after two years, with a decline of diarrheal diseases by over 80% on average. Clean water also became available in 4 health centres situated in the regions where the project was implemented.

Tiako-i-Madagasikara Suisse France Voisine (TIM-SFV) is a Swiss association founded in 2002 in Geneva. It aims to promote access to safe drinking water in rural areas through the provision of an apparatus for water chlorination: Watalys