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Hello, my name is Rick Johnston,
and I started this course

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when I was working 
in the Sandec Department at Eawag.

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Now I work for the 
World Health Organization

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in the WHO/Unicef Joint Monitoring Programme 
for Water Supply and Sanitation.

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And I am Sara Marks, 
a research scientist at Eawag

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and group leader of the Water Supply 
and Treatment group.

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My team works in countries in Africa and Asia

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to improve drinking water quality

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through developing 
innovative treatment solutions.

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And one way that people can improve 
drinking water quality themselves

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is to treat it at the household level.

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And that's the topic of this course,

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an Introduction to Household 
Water Treatment and Safe Storage.

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This course is the first 
in a series of e-learning initiatives

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jointly developed by Sandec and EPFL,

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which will cover the full range 
of Sandec research activities,

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Household Water Treatment, 
Sanitation Planning

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Solid Waste Management 
and Faecal Sludge Management.

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The first week, of course, 
is an introduction.

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We'll start by exploring 
why it could be useful

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to treat drinking water 
at the household level.

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We'll talk about 
the global burden of disease,

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discuss how drinking water 
can be contaminated

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and get a brief introduction 
to the technologies

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used in household water treatment.

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In the second and third week 
we'll go through these technologies

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in more detail

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with examples of actual applications 
from around the world.

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But the course 
is not only about technologies.

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We'll also look 
at implementation strategies,

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which are successful or not,

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we'll consider 
how household water treatment

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can be targeted 
to particular vulnerable groups,

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such as in emergencies 
or through schools.

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And in the final week we will look 
at monitoring and evaluation

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both of the technologies 
and their implementation in the field.

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We're looking forward to the course

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and hearing your contributions 
on the online forum.

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So let's get started now

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with the module about the diseases 
caused by unsafe water.