Original design by Gordon T.
The average North American shower uses approx. 7.5L/minute. The minimum amout of water the UN believes necessary for someone in a developing country is 20L/day, the amount we use in a 2 minute and 40 second shower. Imagine showering for less than 3 minutes, then not using any water for the rest of the day, including drinking. 1 in 6 children in the world don't even have that much and what they do have is rarely safe to drink.
Through my research and some innovative design, I plan on finding a more sustainable and cheaper way to get clean water to the people that need it most. Working in partnership with the good people at thewaterproject.org I will be using a real world village in Kenya to use as a case study to apply my findings and find a better solution for it's inhabitants.
This report will outline the water needs of this village based on the number of people as well as special needs like agriculture. We will focus on mainly the collection of rainwater but also purification and storage. We will also compare costs and availability of materials to come up with a solution that will not only be benificial to this village but with to all villages in developing countries all over the world.
Most children in developing countries don't go to school because they are either too busy walking several kilometers everyday to get water, or are too ill from drinking contaminated water. There is a solution. Let's find it.
5 comments:
The abstract looks really good Gordon, my only comment is that this line "With the minimum amount of water the UN believes someone in a developing country needs for a day, we use in a 2 minute and 40 second shower." doesn't quite make sense, if you changed it slightly to be less awkward it would be a really powerful statement.
Thanks Morgan. I've been reading that line over and over since I posted it. Suggestions?
Hmm..
"The minimum amount of water someone in a developing country needs to survive is ## - the same amount of water that we use in a 2 and a half minute shower."
Thank you very much. I was on the right track with my revised one (not posted yet).
Thanks again.
This is certainly an inspiring topic that you have chosen. The abstract is shaping up, but could use a few more technical details and/or examples of what technologies will be researched and how you plan to go about comparing them. Are you going to be applying this technology to a single house or will it be larger in scale? Be sure that your final draft is written using passive vioce (no "I" or "We"). Keep up the good work and good luck with funding your trip.
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