Clean water

Clean water is a matter of water supply and water treatment.

See Choosing water supply and purification methods for an outline of choices according to context.

Rationale

In the industrialized world, clean water is as readily available as air. Unfortunately, clean water is a luxury in much of the third world, and this fact is a major contributor to chronic health problems. (Appropriate links should be included here.)

These regions are most seriously impacted by lack of clean water:

• (Ed note: I don't actually know what these areas are.)

These kinds of skills are valuable in addressing the problem:

• Mechanical Engineering, Pump Design

These organizations are working on the problem and can use your skills:

• Lifewater
• IWMI
• BiosandFilter
• Open Design Water Purification System

These sites provide technological or educational information:

Defining clean water

Every project related to water must begin with the question of defining the concept of clean water. Some of the considerations to be made are the initial state of the water, the uses and the technical feasibility.