Project Description
Clean portable Water
We provide home water-treatment capability through the use of filters, solar disinfection, or flocculants, to make drinking water safe. Promote low-cost solutions, such as chlorine tablets or plastic bottles that can be exposed to sunlight, to improve water quality.
According to the United Nations, there are still more than 663 million people around the world that don’t have access to clean drinking water.* When people, especially children, have access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene, they lead healthier and more successful lives.
Water well drilling
Water is critical to life, but it is also a limited resource and several interrelated factors are decreasing its availability.
To promote community health and easily accessible water supply should be available that provides sufficient safe water to meet community needs. Water well drilling needs can be estimated by questioning community members about their daily water use. If this is not possible, a minimum water need can be calculated by assuming that the average person uses 25 litres per dayfor drinking, cooking and personal hygiene. More water will be needed for laundry, but this may be available from other sources such as rivers or ponds.