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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

third world, water filtration system, drinking water

College

Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology

Department

Technology

Abstract

Approximately 70 million people in rural India do not have access to clean water. Chemicals such as cesium, arsenic, and others contaminate India’s drinking water, rendering it unsafe. Biological contaminates pose increased health risks to those drinking the water. If a water source is bad, large populations need to relocate to find a better source of water. Creating an economic water filtration system capable of being obtained through a micro-loan is beginning alleviate this problem. By creating an affordable and quality system, clean water is becoming a reality for the world’s poor, especially in Third World countries. Through my efforts and the efforts of my Mechanical Engineering Capstone team, we are beginning to change the situation in which countless people find themselves today. Thanks in part to the ORCA grant I received, we were able to design and manufacture three economical water filtration systems. Our designs were then handed to H2O for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that plans on producing and distributing our system in the developing world, starting in India.

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