Community Water Kiosks
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East Meets West is partnering with the Australian Water Association to pilot innovative technology in installing new community water kiosks in Vietnam. These kiosks are being managed as sustainable businesses by local women as part of the women-led water, sanitation, and hygiene program (WOBA). Innovative features of the community water kiosks include: 1) new filtration technology (a web-based tool to help communities manage human health risks from water quality), and 2) introduction of competitive bidding amongst current private operators to extend services to rural and remote areas. In 2020, East Meets West collaborated with the Women’s Union and Provincial Center for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation to install its first brackish water filtration kiosk, providing water to 6,000 households affected by the drought and saltwater intrusion in Ben Tre, Vietnam.
