Ceramic Water Purifier Cambodia

The social enterprise became a registered company in 2010 but has a lengthy history as a water filter project of ide an international ngo dating back to 2001.

Ceramic water purifier cambodia. Ceramic water filters provide affordable high quality drinking water at a household or classroom level for communities who are otherwise without access to safe drinking water. Manufacturing and distributing ceramic water purifiers cwps in cambodia since 2001 and 2003 respectively. Production and dissemination of ceramic water purifiers in cambodia. Distribution strategies market distribution subsidized distribution.

In cambodia nearly two million rural households do not have access to safe potable water. Over the seven year crediting period water filters will be provided to up to 1 7 million people across a potential 312 000 households. This project will improve access to clean drinking water and reduce emissions by selling affordable ceramic water filters to rural households in cambodia. Cwps are produced in cambodia in three factories combined capacity of 4 000 cwps month capital cost of each factory is between 15 000 and 20 000.

Ide estab lished a production facility in kampong chhnang and supported construction of a factory in prey veng which is owned and households using the filter reported nearly half the cases of diarrhea.