The Director of the Center for Fresh Water & Rural Environment Hygiene, requested MEDRIX's assistance in developing water quality testing procedures for the rural areas of Thua Thien province. In March 2002, the MEDRIX team conducted water testing training in the use of field test kits. Classroom and field training was conducted for four staff members to test for iron, salinity, nitrate/nitrites, pH, hardness, and pathogenic bacteria contamination. A supply of testing materials was provided to the staff to begin a systematic water testing program.

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Four students from Center for Fresh Water & Rural Environment Hygiene, Hue, learn proper technique for testing water for iron, salinity, nitrate/nitrites, pH, hardness, and pathogenic bacteria contamination.

MEDRIX Instructors Bob and Jay answering a question through the translator during water testing classroom exercise

A student practices pH water testing

The water testing class used this well to practice the proper testing techniques learned in class

A woman from a village near the seacoast collects water for household use. In this area, wells are not practical; the village water source is a small pond

Water samples being tested for presence of pathogenic bacteria - yellow color means sample is not contaminated or that the test is still in process; black means that disease-causing bacteria are present in the sample. This test takes up to 48 hours to incubate