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Emergency responses in humanitarian contexts require rapid set-up of water supply.
Background In October 2010, Haiti was struck by a large-scale cholera epidemic.
The devastating earthquake of 2005 severely damaged over 4000 water and sanitation schemes in northern Pakistan.
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
Sanitation is an issue often neglected in development decision making.
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.