SHOULD LIFESTRAW USE TO

OVERCOME THE SCARCITY OF

WATER IN POOR COUNTRY?
PREPARED BY:
NUR ZHAFIRAH BINTI HUSIN (2016636878)
NUR FATIN ATHIRAH BINTI JUSOH (2016655782)
MOHAMAD RAUDZAH BIN FIRDAUS (201663876)
MUHAMMAD SYAFIQ BIN MOHD NAZIR (2016655796)

Theme / Topics Should LifeStraw used to overcome the scarcity of water in poor
country.
Thesis Statement There are advantages and disadvantages as the LifeStraw is used to
overcome the lack of water in the African country. The advantages of it is
convenient to use and can reduce the diarrhea diseases, while the
disadvantages of LifeStraw is market price is to high and lack of quality
material used to produce it.
ARTICLE 1
Name of Article Away-from-home drinking water consumption practices and microbiological
quality of water consumed in rural western Kenya
Authors Details W. Onyango-Ouma and Charles P.Gerba
Journal of Water and Health,2011
Main Idea LifeStraw is convenient to use .

Supporting Details 1. LifeStraw is light weight.

1. LifeStraw is user friendly.

1. LifeStraw is easy to use.

Citation Its advantage over the HWTS approaches lies in fact that it is easy to transport
and use outside the home(Onyango-Ouma & Gerba, 2011)
Purpose To inform
Tone Serious, encouraging
Intended Audience 1. Government
2. Researcher
3. Educator
Conclusion LifeStraw has advantages in convenient to the user because LifeStraw is light
weight , user friendly and easy to use.
 ARTICLE 2
Name of Article A study of the use and impacts of LifeStraw in a settlement camp in southern Gezira, Sudan.

Authors Details Salwa Elsanousi, Samira Abdelrahman & Magda Elhadi, Department of Community Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Gezira, Sudan. 2009
Ahmed Mohamadani, Somale E. ElAmin & Ethadi A. Ahmed, Department of Laboratory Sciences,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Gezira, Sudan. 2009
Ahmed Elnoury, Population Studies Centre, University of Gezira, WadMedani, Sudan. 2009
Ibtisam Elshiekh, Ministry of Health Gezira State, WadMedani, Sudan. 2009
Ali Habour, Faculty of Medicine, University of Gezira, WadMedani, Sudan. 2009
Paul R. Hunter, School of Medicine Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich
NR4 7TJ, UK. 2009

Main Idea The innovation of LifeStraw reduce the diarrhea disease.

Supporting Details 1. Scarcity of the clean water.
1. LifeStraw filter the contaminated water.
1. LifeStraw only use iodine as the filter.
Citation As such our study does suggest that the use of LifeStraw can lead to reduction of in diarrheal disease,
at least in the short term (Elsanousi et al. 2009).
Purpose To inform
Tone Serious, encouraging
Intended Audience 1. Developer
2. Ministry of Health
3. The user of LifeStraw
Conclusion Although the lack of the clean water in the African, it still a good alternative for water filtering as
LifeStraw can reduce many disease and save huge amount of life cause by contaminated and scarcity
of water in African countries.
ARTICLE 3
Name of Article Fluid Technologies: The Bush Pump, The LifeStraw And Microworlds Of
Humanitarian Design
Authors Details Peter Redfield, Department of Anthropology, University of North Caroline,
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3115, USA
Main Idea High market prices of LifeStraw.
Supporting Details 1. High cost of production.
1. High cost of material.
1. High cost of maintenance.
Citation The device was not perfect or maintenance free, however; it produced a
tickle instead of a torrent and required regular cleaning as noted above. It
also was not cheap, running $20-30 per unit, with a life expectancy of
roughly three years (Redfield,2016)

Purpose To inform
Tone Serious, biased
Intended Audience 1. Government
2. Parents
Conclusion LifeStraw production using high costs in producing quality products and
durable.
 ARTICLE 4
Name of Article Review On The Factors Affecting Ultrafiltration Hollow Fiber Membrane
Operational Performance In Water Treatment
Authors Details Rosdianah Ramli & Nurmin Bolong, Nano Engineering and Materials
Research Group (NEMs), School Of Engineering and Information
Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu,
Sabah, Malaysia (20??)
Abu Zahrim Yasser, Chemical Engineering Programme, School Of
Engineering and Information Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan
UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia (20??)
Main Idea The LifeStraw is lack of quality.
Supporting Details 1. The type of material.
1. Usage of LifeStraw is not an effective.
1. High pressure during process.
Citation Ramli, Bolong, Yasser (20??) highlighted during the first decodes of
membrane, CA was the main membrane material.
Purpose To inform
Tone Serious
Intended Audience 1. Government
2. Producer
3. Researcher
Conclusion The writer does not include too many fact data like examples or research
finding to support his research.
The writer believes that develop many filtration tools can help poor country.
Overall Conclusion As the articles analysis that have been done, LifeStraw
is convenient to use as the alternative for water
filtration in poor and lack of clean water country. Even
though, LifeStraw is higher in cost and lack of quality
materials to produce it, but with the further research
and development the problem can be overcome. The
LifeStraw is the lifesaver for the poor countries
especially in African continent.