Technology Used to Control Microbial Contamination in Stored Water in Rural Areas
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology
In late October, 2018, Dr. James Smith attended the Water and Health Conference held at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Smith represented Silivhere Technologies at the conference.
Courtney Hill, a doctoral student in Dr. Smith’s lab at the University of Virginia, gave a presentation about the MadiDrop+ and its efficacy.
She spoke about the effectiveness of the MadiDrop technology in the MadiTrial: a 400-household randomized intervention with control in rural South African villages. This project, which ran from June 2016 through July 2018, was funded through federal research grants and is sponsored by the University of Virginia.
The principal investigator for this study – the most extensive study to date about the MadiDrop technology’s efficacy – is Dr. Rebecca Dillingham. Dillingham is the Director of the Center for Global Health and a faculty member of the School of Medicine at the University of Virginia.
MadiDrop performance was compared to the performance of a silver ceramic filter technology, which revealed a higher reduction of coliform bacteria (100% reduction) for families using the MadiDrop than for families using the filter.
Results of the study also indicate that MadiDrops perform consistently and at a high level for 12 months or more. Using early feedback from the MadiTrial households, Silivhere Technologies, Inc. improved the silver application method used to produce the original MadiDrop and introduced the MadiDrop+.
Read more about MadiDrop+ HERE.
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