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AbstractPersistence of water‐borne diseases in Dschang raises the question of drinking water management. The aim of this work was to establish a link between drinking water chain and its quality. Eighty‐four water samples were followed and analyzed (membrane filter technique), from collection points, after transport, and then after 1 and 2 days of storage. A progressive degradation of water quality was observed regardless of the standing of the district and the type of container used. Salmonella species absent at the collection point were subsequently detected. After 2 days of storage, the highest rates were obtained in water collected with buckets in the water collection points of Madagascar, Gendarmerie, and Campus C Districts. The fecal coliform rate increased respectively in CFU/100 ml from 10 to 5100, 20 to 2333, and 10 to 953 and that of fecal streptococcus from 0 to 383, 6 to 380, and 4 to 125. The poor condition of the containers is indexed. This variation is partly responsible for the persistence of water‐borne diseases in the town of Dschang.

AbstractThis study aimed to assess the socioeconomic feasibility of promoting locally produced water filters to promote their local production. It appears that 69.8% of participants did not know that water filters were produced locally and 92.3% were ready to buy them with efficiency as the main motivation (39.8%). In addition, being aged [46–60 years old] (OR = 19.17; IC = 3.13–37.81; p = 0.008), being female (OR = 1.67; IC = 1.02–2.77; p = 0.041), student/pupil (OR = 2.32; IC = 1.13–4.78; p = 0.021), employed in the private sector (OR = 3.68; IC = 1.32–11.16; p = 0.015), and civil servant (OR = 3.28; IC = 1.09–10.99; p = 0.041) significantly increased the odds of having ever used a water filter in their household. In addition, we found that 71.7% of participants had ever used an imported ceramic water filter in their households and the main reason given by these participants for abandoning or renewing these filters within their households was that they felt that they had already become old and inefficient. The valorization of locally manufactured filters could therefore constitute a logical alternative that can contribute to solving a certain number of socioeconomic and health problems in our country.