Citrus International Trading Plc. has begun distributing twenty million tablets that can disinfect 400 million litter water nationwide.
In a joint press conference with the Ministry of Health and Addis Ababa City Health Bureau yesterday, Company General Manager Minase Kifle said though there is a visible change in clean water delivery both in rural and urban areas, there is still a huge gap which needs further public and private investment.
Thus, he said, there is a huge need of using the scarce resources of clean water for avoiding contamination and misuse.
According to Minase, the tablets have been in use in the European market since the last 30 years. “It is easily available and affordable with only 0.62 cents for a single tablet that can purify 20 litters. It is certified by the WHO.”
Ministry Health Prevention and Promotion Case Team Leader Samuel Hailu on his part said besides to government interventions, such private intervention is crucial in providing potable water.
The team leader said the water cleaning tablets have been certified by the Ethiopian Food, Medicine and Health Care Administration and Control Authority and called upon the public to use and protect water contamination for drinking and food preparation.