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Table 6 Costing of commercial versus STREAM chlorine production

From: Performance and acceptability of the STREAM Disinfectant Generator for infection prevention and control practices in primary health care facilities in Uganda

Description

Commercial chlorine

STREAM

Cost savings (US$) (%)

Total cost of 34,975 L of 0.5% chlorine volume produced (December 2020 through December 2021)

$6,272

22,360,201 UGX

$3,958

14,110,165 UGX

$2,314 (36.9%)

8,250,036 UGX

Average cost per liter of 0.5% chlorine

$0.1793

639 UGX

$0.1132

403 UGX

$0.0662 (36.9%)

236 UGX

  1. Exchange rate on December 15, 2023: US$1 = 3,565 UGX; 1UGX = US$0.0002805