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[[Image:dispenser in box.jpg|thumb|right|200px|chlorine dispenser in its fixed stand]]
It has so far only been installed in Kenya, however IPA is planning to scale up the program. The system has the potential to work on a global scale as a solution to waterborne diseases. Studies show it improves health at a cost of US$20 per [http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/metrics_daly/en/index.html DALY] (Disability Adjusted Life Year). Approximately 100$ per DALY is considered very cost effective.
Alternative solution as water driven metering pumps [[Dosatron]] can be used to insure chlorine distribution inside the network or storage tank
===Suitable conditions===
Pilot programs are also being organised by NGOs in Swaziland, Ethiopia, and Bangladesh.
====Akvo RSR projects====The following project(s) utilize chlorine.<br>{|style="border: 2px solid #e0e0e0; width: 7020%; text-align: justify; background-color: #f5f5f5e9f5fd;" cellpadding="2"|- style="vertical-align: top" |[[Image:akvorsr logo_lite.png|center|60px|link=http://akvo.org/products/rsr /]]|- style="vertical-align: bottom"|[[Image:project 787.jpg|thumb|nonecenter|200px140px|<font size="2"><center>Project 787</center></font>|link=[http://wwwrsr.akvo.org/rsr/project/787/]]|'''Akvo RSR Project787]<br>MWA-LAP:''' [<br>Guatemala</center></font>|link=http://wwwrsr.akvo.org/rsr/project/787/ MWA-LAP: Guatemala]CARE will implement the program in Guatemala, concentrating activities in the Department of San Marcos which is in the Western Highlands of the country as can be seen in the accompanying map. This area is characterized by limited access to safe water – 40% of the rural population lack access. Access to improved sanitation facilities is similarly low -- 48% of the rural population lacks access.]
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===Manuals, videos and links===
* [http://docs.watsan.net/Downloaded_Files/PDF/PATH-2011-Smart.pdf Smart Electrochlorinator 200]. An electronic chlorine dispenser.
* [http://www.poverty-action.org/safewater/solution/old An Innovative Solution]. Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA). The dispenser system includes a simple, low-cost water treatment technology that has achieved remarkable and sustained use in Kenya. The innovative dispenser is filled with dilute chlorine and placed near a communal water source, allowing individual users to treat their water with the correct dose of chlorine in their jerricans after it has been collected from the source.
* [http://www.poverty-action.org/safewater node/7656 Dispensers for Safe Water]. IPA.
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