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Wells and Enteric Disease Transmission - A Randomized Controlled Trial (WET- Trial)
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Active household UV water treatment device and Inactive household UV water treatment device for Gastrointestinal Infection and Respiratory Viral Infection. Completed, enrolled 28 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Approximately 40 million people in the US are served by private wells, many of which are untreated. The investigators estimate that 1.29 million cases of gastrointestinal illness (GI) per year are attributed to consuming water from untreated private wells in the US. These cases of GI can cause a significant burden in terms of health care costs and lost work/school days, as well as increased risk to developing longer term health complications. This impact is magnified when accounting for vulnerable populations such as children under the age of 5, the elderly and the immunocompromised. The investigators are preparing to conduct the first household randomized controlled trial (RCT) to investigate whether consuming well water treated by ultraviolet light (UV) compared to consuming untreated private well water decreases the incidence of self-reported gastrointestinal illness and respiratory infections in children under 5. The investigators will collect illness symptom data using a combination of weekly text messages and online illness questionnaires.
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Interventions
This point-of-entry treatment device will use germicidal UV to treat all of the well water used in the home.
This sham device will use a lamp not emitting germicidal UV.