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Water Supply. Engineers without Frontiers. Overview: EWF Problem Solving. The Problem What can EWF bring to the table? What does the Global South need? A proposal for a contribution by EWF Status of the project Semester goals… Skills. Waiting for water. Water in Colomoncagua. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Monroe L. Weber-Shirk
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Water SupplyWater Supply
Engineers without Frontiers
Engineers without Frontiers
Overview: EWF Problem SolvingOverview: EWF Problem Solving
The ProblemWhat can EWF bring to the table?What does the Global South need?A proposal for a contribution by EWFStatus of the projectSemester goals…Skills
The ProblemWhat can EWF bring to the table?What does the Global South need?A proposal for a contribution by EWFStatus of the projectSemester goals…Skills
Waiting for waterWaiting for water
Water in ColomoncaguaWater in Colomoncagua
Water Supply and SanitationWater Supply and Sanitation
The Gap…
The Costs of Water-Related Diseases
The Costs of Water-Related Diseases
About 4 billion cases of diarrhea and 2.2 million deaths annually: the equivalent of 20 jumbo jets crashing every day
Intestinal worms infect about 10 per cent of the population of the developing world
6 million are blind from trachoma 200 million people are affected with
schistosomiasis
About 4 billion cases of diarrhea and 2.2 million deaths annually: the equivalent of 20 jumbo jets crashing every day
Intestinal worms infect about 10 per cent of the population of the developing world
6 million are blind from trachoma 200 million people are affected with
schistosomiasis
What Can EWF Offer?What Can EWF Offer?
Technical ExpertiseTimeAccess to InformationEnthusiasm
Technical ExpertiseTimeAccess to InformationEnthusiasm
What does the Global South Need?
What does the Global South Need?
Capital? Labor?Technical
Expertise?Materials?Research and
Analysis
Capital? Labor?Technical
Expertise?Materials?Research and
Analysis
What is the Intersection?What is the Intersection?
EWF volunteers have Global South needs
Technical Expertise
Time
Access to Information
Empowerment!
Design ToolRural, Gravity-Fed, Water Supply
Design ToolRural, Gravity-Fed, Water Supply
Tool that takes site specific data and creates a design
Based on the design methods used by engineers
Tool that takes site specific data and creates a design
Based on the design methods used by engineers
Gravity Water Supply DesignGravity Water Supply Design
ObjectivesObjectives
Tool that takes site specific data and creates a design
Based on the design methods used by engineers Create a spreadsheet to be used in designing rural
water supply systemsStandard designUser friendlyEasily modified
Tool that takes site specific data and creates a design
Based on the design methods used by engineers Create a spreadsheet to be used in designing rural
water supply systemsStandard designUser friendlyEasily modified
Project StatusProject Status
Identified partner organizationsWater For People (US based)Agua para el Pueblo (APP) (Honduran NGO)
Initial spreadsheet completedSupply pipelineDistribution tank
Identified partner organizationsWater For People (US based)Agua para el Pueblo (APP) (Honduran NGO)
Initial spreadsheet completedSupply pipelineDistribution tank
Semester GoalsSemester Goals
Add analysis of site survey dataTest, debug, and improve
Pipeline designTank designMaterials list
Translate to SpanishSend to APP for testing and commentsIdentify additional partner organizations
Add analysis of site survey dataTest, debug, and improve
Pipeline designTank designMaterials list
Translate to SpanishSend to APP for testing and commentsIdentify additional partner organizations
SkillsSkills
Fluid Mechanics and HydraulicsSpreadsheet and Visual BasicSpanishWillingness to learn!
Fluid Mechanics and HydraulicsSpreadsheet and Visual BasicSpanishWillingness to learn!
