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Water Purification: Personal, Family and Village Solutions??

Water Purification: Personal, Family and Village Solutions??. 2009 West Coast Healthcare Missions and Ministry Conference. Presented By: Bob Arrington Menlo Park Presbyterian Church. What’s the Problem?. One billion of the world’s population most

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Water Purification: Personal, Family and Village Solutions??

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  1. Water Purification: Personal, Family and Village Solutions?? 2009 West Coast Healthcare Missions and Ministry Conference Presented By: Bob Arrington Menlo Park Presbyterian Church

  2. What’s the Problem? • One billion of the world’s population most • deprived people have no access to safe water • ( World Commission on Water for the 21st Century)

  3. 3.5 million people die from water related • diseases each year * • 5000 children die each day from • waterborne diseases * • 40% of those deaths are due to diarrhea • and/or dysentery * • note:UNICEF names diarrhea as • the second-leading childhood killer

  4. Yunnan Province, China Women at the Well

  5. What is the Solution(s)? • According to Prof. Brent Haddad of the University of California the WHO and UNEP has failed (30 year old model) because: • Developing countries lack the expertise and funds to run a system • Countries have no way to make people pay their water bills • Foreign aid is often inadequate and frequently dissipates before it • reaches its intended destination • Cities refuse to expand services outside their borders • Insufficient political commitment at all levels • Rampant corruption

  6. What is the Solution(s)? • The World Commission on Water for the 21st Century • suggests: • Governments must radically rethink their policies on clean water. • Government must double its investment in water supply to $180bn • with a focus on sustainable use of water. • Let private sector take the lead in improving clean water and supplies. • Scrap water subsidies that encourage waste. • Establish water innovation funds to foster smart ideas for water • technology.

  7. A Village Solution Roggie Village, Ethiopia • 700’ water well • Cost $87,000USD

  8. A Village Solution Water of Life www:wateroflife.net • Removes 99.9999% of bacteria and virus • Produces 10,600 gal/day • Operates off a truck battery or solar cells • Costs – Current $10,000 to $12,000 +

  9. Personal/Family Solution A Vision for Clean Water Rotary Club of Troy MI www.avisionforcleanwater.org Diffuser Plate • cost to produce $25 -$60 USD • produces up to 0.6 liters/minute • known to reduce instances of diarrhea up to 74% BioSand Filter

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