Resources
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Installation and Use
NOTE: The HydrAid™ Handbook and Video work together
HydrAid™ Handbook — PDF, 420kb
HydrAid™ Installation Video (English)
Download the English version (wmv, 53mb)
Sand Operations
HydrAid™ Retail Packages come complete with filter and sand. HydrAid™ Wholesale Lots are shipped without sand and thus require appropriate in-country sand supplies. NOT ANY SAND WILL DO! HydrAid™ efficiency and effectiveness is sand dependent — get it right with the following resource materials.
NOTE: Consultation services are available. Contact HydrAid™ Team
- HydrAid™ Sand Operations — PDF, 664kb
- Four Layer System Simple Guidelines (by David Manz, BioSand Filter Inventor) — PDF, 260kb
- Three Layer System Guidelines (by David Manz, BioSand Filter Inventor) — PDF, 124kb
- No Crushed Rock Guidelines (by David Manz, BioSand Filter Inventor) — PDF, 96kb
Sanitation and Hygiene
The HydrAid™ BioSand Water filter is one element of a comprehensive and sustainable health/sanitation/hygiene program. There are many such excellent programs and they are available in a variety of languages.
Center for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology