1. Emergency Response Units (ERU’s)
IFRC disaster response tool since 1996
Ready for very quick deployment
Trained Personnel
Standardised, prepacked Equipment
Self-sustainable
Operation up to 4 months

2. Emergency Response Units (ERU’s)
Water and Sanitation (41 deployments until 2005)
Basic Health Care
Referral Hospital Facilities
Relief
Logistics
Telecommunication and IT

3. ERU Water and Sanitation
The ERU is composed of 4 Modules
- Treatment and Supply module
- Distribution and Trucking module
- Specialized Water and Sanitation module
- Mass Sanitation module

4. ERU Water and Sanitation
Module treatment and supply
Provides litres drinking water per day for beneficiaries in emergency situations
The module can be broken down in kits for / beneficiaries

5. ERU Water and Sanitation
Module distribution and trucking
Transport and distribution of drinking water ( litres/day) to beneficiaries in remote areas

6. ERU Water and Sanitation
Module specialized water and sanitation
Drinking water ( litres per day) and sanitation for health facilities and smaller populations (up to )

7. ERU Water and Sanitation
Module mass sanitation
Basic sanitation facilities to a population of beneficiaries in emergency situations

8. ERU Water and Sanitation National Societies providing WatSan ERUs:
Austrian Red Cross: Treatment and supply, distribution and trucking, specialized water and sanitation, mass sanitation
British Red Cross: Mass sanitation
French Red Cross: Treatment and supply, distribution and trucking
German Red Cross: Treatment and supply, distribution and trucking, specialized water and sanitation, mass sanitation
Spanish Red Cross: Specialized water and sanitation
Swedish Red Cross: Treatment and supply, distribution and trucking, mass sanitation