The provision of safe drinking water is a critical issue in rural areas. Rural women fetch water from wells located at a long distance from their homes, expending considerable effort. ASIHQ KHALID has tried to alleviate the challenge by building reservoirs, laying down supply lines, and installing storage tanks and shallow hand pumps required by the comm

The water provided to homes in these communities is filtered through a PAUL filter designed by the Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (DSEE) at the University of Kassel, Germany. This small membrane ultrafiltration unit operates with gravity and removes 99.9% of bacteria and viruses. It can filter 1200 liters of water per day without any chemicals and is easy to operate. ASIHQ KHALID  has installed 65 PAUL water filters in Pakistan with the cooperation of different funding partners.

PAUL is a water filter that guarantees a quick supply of drinking water either in disaster areas or in rural areas. The device filters not only pathogens out of the water making it drinkable and offering viable protection against cholera, typhus and other unavoidable sicknesses but also metals like arsenic. This filter can be carried by one person as a backpack to far-off regions since it is lightweight.

The filter is not difficult to use. Pour the dirty water in at the top and draw off the clean drinking water from the tap after a couple of moments. The device works reliably for a long time with no energy utilization, chemicals or additives. It is incredibly strong and has no moving parts. The manual comprises simple pictograms that can be understood by illiterates and anybody can thus utilize the gadget.