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Problem: How to obtain and improve the distribution of safe drinking…
Problem: How to obtain and improve the distribution of safe drinking water?
What are the Challenges
Purification
Heavy Metal Contamination
Biological Pathogen or Virus Contamination
Macro Pollution (Plastics)
Salt In Sea Water
Transportation
Lack of nearby purifiers
Lack of a nearby clean source
Lack of infrastructure to effiecently transport large amounts
Impoverished Communities unable to afford investments in their Water supply
Efficiency of Water used
Agriculture accounts for 70 per cent of global water withdrawal. (FAO)
Roughly 75 per cent of all industrial water withdrawals are used for energy production. (UNESCO, 2014)
When does this happen?
Drought/ Arid Season
Climate Change
Leads to the destruction of infrastructure due to extreme variations from conventional weather patterns.
Hurricane Season
Leads to the destruction of infrastructure due to Inclement weather
Where does it happen?
North America
Canadian First Nations Communities
USA (Cities)
Flint Michigan
Detroit
Modesto, California
Dallas, Texas
Morovis and Coamo, Puerto Rico
Silicon Valley, California
Areas without modern infrastructure
African Countries
Eritrea
Uganda
Ethiopia
Somalia
Angola
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Chad
Mozambique
Niger
Papua New Guinea
India
Why does this happen?
Poverty
Presence of Impurities
Polution
Fracking
Improperly disposed Waste
Heavy Metals
Biological Pathogens
Devastated infrastructure
Corporate Opportunism
How could this problem be overcome?
Improvement of the municipal water supply
Improved Mass Purification Methods
Portable Purification Methods
Fixing Water Infrastructure
Who is this happening too?
2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services. (WHO/UNICEF 2019)
(USA) 30 million Americans
Impoverished communities and countries
Over half of the global population or 4.2 billion people lack safely managed sanitation services. (WHO/UNICEF 2019)
