Where CDC Works
Since 1998, Safe Water System (SWS) programs have been implemented in over 30 countries. The map below provides details on SWS programs that are currently operating, as well as ones that have previously operated, around the world. Since the start of the SWS program, a volume of products sufficient to treat 90 billion liters of water (as of 2010) has been sold.
Afghanistan (PSI program no longer operational)
- Partners: PSI
- Products: Clorin™
- Program start date: June 2003
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 538,580,000 Liters
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Angola
- Partners: PSI
- Products: Certeza™ / Certeza™ Tablets
- Program start date: March 2008 (Certeza™); Jan 2011 (Certeza™ Tablets)
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 808,888,000 Liters (Certeza™); 53,625,600 Liters (Certeza™ Tablets)
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Benin
- Partners: PSI
- Products: WaterGuard™ Tablets
- Program start date: September 2008
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 466,932,980 Liters
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Botswana (PSI program no longer operational)
- Partners: PSI, Procter and Gamble
- Products: PUR™
- Program start date: June 2006
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 1,406,020 Liters
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Burkina Faso (PSI program no longer operational)
- Partners: PSI
- Products: Sûr'Eau™
- Program start date: February 2004
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 15,682,296 Liters
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Burma (Myanmar)
- Partners: PSI
- Products: WaterGuard™
- Program start date: June 2004
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 2,611,766,000 Liters
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Burundi (PSI program no longer operational)
- Partners: PSI
- Products: Sûr'Eau™
- Program start date: March 2006
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 114,154,000 Liters
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Cambodia
- Partners: PSI
- Products: WaterGuard™ Tablets
- Program start date: n/a
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 93,592,000 Liters
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Cameroon
- Partners: PSI
- Products: Sûr'Eau™/WaterGuard™
- Program start date: December 2006
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 128,594,000 Liters
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Cote d’Ivoire
- Partners: PSI
- Products: Aquatabs®
- Program start date: January 2009
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 52,053,100 Liters
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Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
- Partners: PSI, Procter and Gamble
- Products: PUR™, Aquatabs®
- Program start date: September 2006 (PUR™); June 2009 (Aquatabs®)
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 153,155,410 Liters (PUR™); 346,533,300 Liters (Aquatabs®)
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Dominican Republic
- Partners: PSI, Procter and Gamble
- Products: PUR™
- Program start date: February 2006
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 166,022,400 Liters
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Ethiopia
- Partners: PSI, Procter and Gamble
- Products: WuhaAgar™, PUR™
- Program start date: February 2006 (WuhaAgar™); June 2006 (PUR™)
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 14,846,003,000 Liters (WuhaAgar™); 581,861,970 Liters (PUR™)
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Guinea
- Partners: PSI
- Products: Sûr'Eau™
- Program start date: July 2006
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 1,520,628,000 Liters
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Haiti (Procter and Gamble program no longer operational)
- Partners: PSI, Procter and Gamble
- Products: Dlo Lavi™, PUR™
- Program start date: December 2006 (Dlo Lavi™); November 2004 (PUR™)
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 431,804,000 Liters (Dlo Lavi™); 22,759,520 Liters (PUR™)
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India
- Partners: PSI
- Products: Safe Wat™
- Program start date: June 2002
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 555,529,000 Liters
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Kenya
- Partners: PSI, Procter and Gamble
- Products: WaterGuard™, PUR™, Aquatabs®
- Program start date: May 2003 (WaterGuard™); February 2006 (PUR™); March 2009 (Aquatabs®)
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 11,060,240,500 Liters (WaterGuard™); 342,283,930 Liters (PUR™); 27,746,840 Liters (Aquatabs®)
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Liberia
- Partners: PSI
- Products: WaterGuard™
- Program start date: October 2009
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 324,961,000 Liters
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Madagascar
- Partners: PSI
- Products: Sûr'Eau™ Vaovao
- Program start date: March 2000
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 17,734,158 Liters
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Malawi
- Partners: PSI, Procter and Gamble
- Products: WaterGuard™, PUR™ WaterGuardWaufa
- Program start date: December 2002 (WaterGuard™); March 2006 (PUR™ WaterGuardWaufa)
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 3,855,909,326 Liters (WaterGuard™); 163,013,558 Liters (PUR™ WaterGuardWaufa)
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Mali
- Partners: PSI
- Products: Aquatabs®
- Program start date: June 2009
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 238,724,000 Liters
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Mozambique
- Partners: PSI
- Products: Certeza™
- Program start date: November 2004
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 5,362,572,000 Liters
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Nepal (Piyush program no longer operational)
- Partners: PSI
- Products: Piyush/WaterGuard™
- Program start date: June 2005/October 2005
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 57,180,400 Liters (Piyush)/ 1,554,884,400 Liters (WaterGuard™)
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Nigeria
- Partners: PSI, Procter and Gamble
- Products: WaterGuard™, PUR™
- Program start date: November 2004 (WaterGuard™), December 2008 (PUR™)
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 5,161,905,000 Liters (WaterGuard™); 37,079,250 Liters (PUR™)
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Pakistan
- Partners: PSI, Procter and Gamble
- Products: PUR™
- Program start date: October 2005
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 426,695,890 Liters
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Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) (PSI program no longer operational)
- Partners: PSI, Procter and Gamble
- Products: PUR™
- Program start date: September 2006
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 1,091,700 Liters
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Rwanda
- Partners: PSI, Procter and Gamble
- Products: Sûr'Eau™, PUR™
- Program start date: August 2002 (Sûr'Eau™)
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 2,379,951,018 Liters (Sûr'Eau™); 20,257,700 Liters (PUR™)
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Somaliland
- Partners: PSI
- Products: WaterGuard™ Tablets
- Program start date: August 2008
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 829,357,840 Liters
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Sudan
- Partners: PSI, Procter and Gamble
- Products: WaterGuard™ Tablets, PUR™
- Program start date: November 2006 (WaterGuard™ Tablets); February 2009 (PUR™)
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 905,881,800 Liters (WaterGuard™ Tablets); 37,677,490 Liters (PUR™)
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Swaziland
- Partners: PSI
- Products: WaterGuard™ Tablets
- Program start date: August 2007
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 29,954,840 Liters
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Tanzania
- Partners: PSI
- Products: WaterGuard™
- Program start date: July 2002
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 1,277,876,980 Liters
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Uganda
- Partners: PSI, Procter and Gamble
- Products: WaterGuard™, PUR™, WaterGuard™ Tablets
- Program start date: August 2005 (WaterGuard™); October 2004 (PUR™); December 2006 (WaterGuard™ Tablets)
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 3,139,853,000 Liters (WaterGuard™); 116,641,370 Liters (PUR™); 814,151,320 Liters (WaterGuard™ Tablets)
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Vietnam
- Partners: PSI
- Products: SafeWat™
- Program start date: November 2005
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 420,394,000 Liters
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Zambia
- Partners: PSI
- Products: Clorin™
- Program start date: November 1998
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 29,843,504,000 Liters
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Zimbabwe
- Partners: PSI, Procter and Gamble
- Products: SafeWat™, PUR™, Aquatabs®
- Program start date: September 2010 (SafeWat™); March 2009 (PUR™); August 2008 (Aquatabs®)
- Amount of water treated (as of April 2012): 358,246,000 Liters (SafeWat™); 16,306,600 Liters (PUR™); 1,548,695,520 Liters (Aquatabs®)
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