Safe Water Evaluations in the Peruvian Amazon

Magee, Andrew C.; Macdonald, Rebecca; Johnson, Pauline; Johnson, Philip W.; Todd, Beth A.

doi:10.24908/ijsle.v6i1.3212

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“…The MF-UV treatment alternative was selected because it was 1) capable of producing up to 21,000 liters per day for the 60 residents of the dormitory 2) cost effective and 3) supported by locally available replacement materials and maintenance experts 4 . Similar treatment systems have also been deployed by others for projects in the developing world 5,6,7 . The strategy of one of these groups is to work collaboratively to maintain the systems with the community for up to twenty years 6 .…”

Section: Figure 1 Dormitory Microfiltration-ultraviolet Light Disinfection Water Treatment Systemmentioning

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Evaluation of Water Treatment Systems for Medical Clinics

Thompson¹,

Kemly²,

Connell³

et al. 2012

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A Seattle University senior engineering design team evaluated the treatment performance of a point-of-use microfiltration-ultraviolet light (MF-UV) drinking water treatment system and of an ultrafiltration (UF) unit. The MF-UV system reduced turbidity by 70 percent and inactivated 100 percent of E.coli from model water. The UF system removed 100 percent of all turbidity and bacteria. The combined MF-UF-UV treatment system can provide up to 33,120 liters of water per day and meet basic human water needs at an annual cost of approximately US$0.80 per capita. To maintain safe water quality during transport and storage, on-site generated chlorine can be added to the MF-UF-UV treated water. The team evaluated the performance of a chlorine generator and confirmed that chlorine testing strips were excellent surrogates for the N,N-diethyl-p-phenylenediamine (DPD) colorimetric method. Public-private partnerships may be required to ensure long-term sustainability of these drinking water treatment systems in the developing world.

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Section: Figure 1 Dormitory Microfiltration-ultraviolet Light Disinfection Water Treatment Systemmentioning

confidence: 98%

Evaluation of Water Treatment Systems for Medical Clinics

Thompson¹,

Kemly²,

Connell³

et al. 2012

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“…For "Five Guiding Principles to Enhance Community ..." -Mazzurco & Jesiek instance, Aslam et al (2014), Barb and Everett (2014), and Osnes (2013) collaborated with Peace Corps Volunteers, who were located in the communities where the projects were undertaken. Many papers also cited local and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as prospective partners (Aslam et al, 2013;Bowen & Acciaioli, 2009;Chisolm et al, 2014;Dodson and Bargach, 2015;Ferrer-Marti et al, 2010;Harshfield et al, 2009;Magee et al, 2011;Mattson and Wood, 2014;Third et al, 2009). In addition to NGOs, engineers could collaborate with existing local committees, cooperatives, or governing bodies (Aslam, 2014;Barb and Everett, 2014;de Chastonay et al, 2012;Heil et al, 2010;Marsolek et al, 2012), local universities (Harshfield et al, 2009;Magoon et al, 2010), or individual community members, such as health workers (Barb and Everett, 2014).…”

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Five Guiding Principles to Enhance Community Participation in Humanitarian Engineering Projects.

Mazzurco

Jesiek²

2017

JHE

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Humanitarian engineering (HE) is a very complex endeavour that requires addressing technical problems whilst concurrently engaging the community members who will ultimately benefit from the engineers’ solutions. Community participation is particularly important because it is directly linked to the sustainability of projects. Whilst many strategies have been proposed to engage partner communities, the HE literature lacks a comprehensive framework of guiding principles for more effectively engaging community members. The goal of this study is to develop a framework of principles that can support humanitarian engineering professionals and educators to enhance the participation of community members. In this study, we used a qualitative systematised literature review to collect 49 journal articles focused on humanitarian engineering projects and strategies. The analysis of the collected papers led to identification of five guiding principles: 1) collaborating with local champions (NGOs and similar), 2) harnessing local resources and expertise, 3) integrating ethics and social justice, 4) building trusting and equitable relationships, and 5) creating competent multi or inter-disciplinary teams. The identified principles provide a framework that can enable humanitarian professionals and educators involved in small-scale HE projects to enhance the way they interact with community members. We conclude the paper with a series of questions based on the five principles that may allow humanitarian engineers to reflect on the way they interact with community members and thus enhance their relationships. We also invite other humanitarian engineers to further expand concepts related to the suggested principles, and to explore ways to best apply these principles in practice.

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Exploring problem definition in student global humanitarian design project cases in the literature

Vedrin

Hardin

2016

2016 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC)

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Safe Water Evaluations in the Peruvian Amazon

Cited by 3 publications

References 5 publications

Evaluation of Water Treatment Systems for Medical Clinics

Evaluation of Water Treatment Systems for Medical Clinics

Five Guiding Principles to Enhance Community Participation in Humanitarian Engineering Projects.

Exploring problem definition in student global humanitarian design project cases in the literature

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