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ERU Water & Sanitation Modules for Emergency Situations

The ERU Water & Sanitation Modules provide treatment and supply, distribution and trucking, specialized water and sanitation, and mass sanitation solutions for emergency situations. These modules are designed to provide clean drinking water and sanitation facilities to beneficiaries in remote areas. Various National Societies are involved in providing these modules, including the Austrian, British, French, German, and Spanish Red Cross.

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ERU Water & Sanitation Modules for Emergency Situations

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  1. ERU Water & Sanitation The ERU is composed of 4 Modules - Treatment and Supply module - Distribution and Trucking module - Specialized WatSan module - Mass Sanitation module Uli Jaspers, WatSan Unit, Health & Care Dept. IFRC Geneva ERU Working Group Tampere-Finland 27.- 28.04.06

  2. Module Treatment & Supply Provides 600.000 ltrs drinking water per day for 40.000 beneficiaries in emergency situations The module can be broken down in kits for 10.000 / 20.000 / 40’000 beneficiaries ERU Water & Sanitation

  3. Module Distribution & Trucking Transport and distribution of drinking water (75.000 ltrs/day) to beneficiaries in remote areas ERU Water & Sanitation

  4. Module Specialized Water & Sanitation Drinking Water (120.000 ltrs per day) and sanitation for health facilities and smaller populations (up to 15.000) ERU Water & Sanitation

  5. Module Mass Sanitation Basic sanitation facilities to a population of 20.000 beneficiaries in emergency situations ERU Water & Sanitation

  6. National Societies providing WatSan ERUs: Austrian Red Cross:Treatment & Supply, Distribution & Trucking, Specialized WatSan, Mass San. British Red Cross: Mass Sanitation French Red Cross: Treatment & Supply, Distribution & Trucking German Red Cross: Treatment & Supply, Distribution & Trucking, Specialized WatSan, Mass Sanitation Spanish Red Cross:Specialized WatSan Swedish Red Cross:Treatment & Supply, Distribution & Trucking, Mass Sanitation ERU Water & Sanitation

  7. What has happened since Vienna 2005 ? • “10’000 kit” been developed for the Treatment and Supply Module in addition to the existing 20’000 and 40’000 kits • Further progress on WatSan for the Health ERU’s has been achieved , but more needs to be done by respective PNS’s (Status ?) • WatSan ERU Working Group met in Oct., combined with a workshop to test new technologies for mobile treatment units (next meeting in Feb./March 2007) • Implementing revision of Mass Sanitation Module • Training courses held in June (Spain), September (France) and October (Germany) in 2005 • Deployments to Pakistan (All Modules), German, Swedish, Austrian RC (Total deployments 40 +) • General Point: How to better integrate and link local/regional resources, RDRT’s (e.g. Tsunami, Pakistan, Chad) ?

  8. Mass Sanitation Module Revision - Update • Focal person hired and in place by Brit.Cross at HQ • 2 Working groups established (Hardware and Software) lead by two consultants from Brit. Cross. PNS’s and GVA WatSan Unit are represented. Groups met two times. Issues:Job descriptions, Equipment package upgrade (incl. Rapid latrine concept), Hygiene Promotion elements, Training Curricular • Final meeting end of May / beginning June • New standard disseminated to all PNS’s in June 2006 • First training August/September 2006 in UK. WatSan ERU PNS’s are invited • British RC ready for deployment end 2006, other PNS’s to follow asap

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