Clean Water for Rural Communities

1. Introduction

Water has a wide variety of endless uses associated with it ; Common usage of water include drinking , preparing food and other domestics using .Other usage is for industry, agriculture and each usage has water quality criteria which govern the input of water to particular uses and will be different for each internal use

1.2 Water sources in poor countries

Surface water sources

Most of the rural areas in the “Development countries”, the rural communities depend on the surface water such as irrigation channels or surface open ponds for their drinking and other domestic uses. Towards the end of the cultivation season water supply in the irrigation channels is occluded ,then the water became shallow and turbid , and by the end of rainy season the remaining water in the surface which collected in surface depressions (open ponds) becomes depleted too by vaporization, and then the both of water sources ultimately becomes turbid and contaminated, which constitutes a hazard for rural inhabitants.
This warrants upgrading water quality through purification, decreases of turbidity, and removal of pathogens.

1.3 Turbidity

The turbidity of the surface water is resulted when the rain water running across the surface of the ground, through this running courses towards the surface depressions to form the surface open ponds it’s picks up many substances such as suspension materials , collided materials ,minerals ,salts ,organic and inorganic materials ,all these added materials causes the turbidity of water ,This turbidity provided a perfect medium and adsorption site for the chemicals , organic and biological reactions resulting the aesthetically and undesirable tastes and odor ,also the turbid water provides a perfect medium for the growth of all type of microorganisms and pathogens which is responsible for causing the people the majority of diseases and infection ,

2.Objectives

2.1 General Objectives

• The general objectives of this project is to Implement a simple technology as A Rural water purification unit for improving the Quality of the surface water for drinking purpose.
• Using a Re -washable effective sand filter as a part of the unit to remove the turbidity.
• Using simple Coagulation tank for water purification of drinking water

2.2 Specific Objectives

• Upgrading water quality for poor communities.
• Decreasing the hazard of turbidity and polluted water sources
• Upgrading the poor communities water knowledge’s and to encourage them to participate in such a simple and acceptable projects.
• Providing the means of sustainability through ,the efficiency of the project, easy operation and easy maintenance units

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Taxonomy

• Water
• Green Technology
• Health Care
• Industrial