I am Reid Harvey a ceramic industrial designer and licensor to TAM Ceramics of water filter media of granulated ceramics, silver coated. As a ceramist my focus is on environmental health and development for the developing world. E.g., sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia, etc. Past projects have been in Nepal and Kenya, with prospects in the same and others. About the posts of others with respect to technologies of water treatment, though I hasten to say that much of their work has been wonderful, the technologies are not sustainable for the poor. For sustainability these must not only be effective but also, very low cost and user-friendly with easy maintenance. For these reasons, production and implementation must be by the poor, for the poor. There should be no place for implementation in poor communities of expensive technologies such as those resembling the municipal water treatment of the more prosperous countries. Contractors implementing these tend to leave little provision for long term maintenance. 1) and 2) Water Resources & Water Systems + Waste Water & Sanitation I am not qualified with specifics about the current situation, e.g., in Africa and Southern Asia, since I’ve been in the U.S. But it seems apparent that Covid-19 has only worsened the dire situation of drinking word for the poor, exacerbating the problems they already had. 3) Future Changes What future changes to water resources, or water systems or waste-water/sanitation systems in your geographic area or organization do you anticipate as a result of COVID-19? More to be hoped-for than anticipated will be ceramic water filters by the poor and for the poor. How else can there be real sustainability while there are those in the middle who would provide their water for a lot of profit? How else if best practices are not sought? 4) Positive benefits Among the changes that you see, are there any that could improve the management of water resources, or water and waste-water systems? (For example, reduced energy usage or reduced greenhouse gas emissions, improved sustainability or improved customer service). This question is music to our ears. It needs to be realized that ceramics is ideally suited to providing safe drinking water, especially because *the resources and ceramic traditions are nearly everywhere.* What is first needed is capacity building of those who work with clay, producing such products as water storage containers, cook stoves and construction brick. *It needs to be realized* that ceramic water treatment projects will be most viable where these are implemented along with insulating ceramic rocket stoves. In production and implementation of these there is remarkable synergy in all aspects, which will cut costs to donors nearly in half. Because of this more and more projects will be possible, leaving no one behind. An outcome will be not only the environmental health of those in the community but also an unlimited number of livelihoods starting with the ceramics. Innumerable additional ceramic products will be made possible, at the very origin of micro-industry. Please have a look at the presentation of the following link, as has been so often posted: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14wd8_9CoVRBRaV7V0ktUQfBAjqPQasK1/view?usp=sharing 5) Adverse Effects Among the changes that you see, are there any that will have an adverse effect? (For example, increased greenhouse gas levels or energy usage, reduced sustainability or reduced customer service, or issues in other areas such as food production or energy generation). Adverse effects prevented by implementation of these environmental health interventions are several: a) The water filters are gravity fed, with no need of electricity, chemicals or gadgetry. Implementation will be human centered using natural flocculants or simple devices for reducing turbidity, prior to introducing the water in the filter systems. b) The natural flocculants will go on to second use as briquetted fuel, either biomass or more specifically, agri-waste, for the insulating ceramic rocket stove. Because this stove does not give smoke, the use of the briquetted biomass will curtail or eliminate the need for carbonized fuel. The environmentally destructive production of charcoal can be curtailed or eliminated. c) Phase 2 projects of the presentation of the link will make possible production of sanitary stoneware squat toilets for ecological public toilets having no external piping. What will be prevented is the adverse environmental effects associated with lack of sanitation. Do checkout the other oft-proffered, voice presentation, Toilet Talk of this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tzXCAsFdqOg2V4lFm37CfcReIzTOsZSf/view?usp=sharing 6) Future of water Post Covid-19 In your geographic area or organization, what changes from COVID-19 in the management of water resources, or water and waste-water systems really keep you awake at night? What severe problems are emerging that you will need to pay attention to? Covid-19 has exacerbated a bad situation for the poor. There is an urgent need to get WASH developers talking to academic ceramists, whether in the art or the science and engineering. Neither seems to be so aware of the wonderful developments that will be made possible in their working together. Following is yet another link, this to a newsletter for ceramics in environmental health and development. The availability of three book is cited, the primary of which is entitled, Environmental Health and Development for All. The aim of the author has been to make possible the education and training of developing world ceramists, those producing simple clay products, by academically qualified ceramists from the more prosperous countries. Nearly all of the 2030 goals will be addressed squarely once these developments are embraced. Do have a look at the newsletter, the link following: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WMr-J_jf3OAgusPHVHgBd6kxm9nQLYFp/view?usp=sharing
Published by Anthony Reid Harvey, Senior Scientist at TAM Ceramics LLC of NY USA
I am Reid Harvey a ceramic industrial designer and licensor to TAM Ceramics of water filter media of granulated ceramics, silver coated. As a ceramist my focus is on environmental health and development for the developing world. E.g., sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia, etc. Past projects have been in Nepal and Kenya, with prospects in the same and others.
About the posts of others with respect to technologies of water treatment, though I hasten to say that much of their work has been wonderful, the technologies are not sustainable for the poor. For sustainability these must not only be effective but also, very low cost and user-friendly with easy maintenance. For these reasons, production and implementation must be by the poor, for the poor.
There should be no place for implementation in poor communities of expensive technologies such as those resembling the municipal water treatment of the more prosperous countries. Contractors implementing these tend to leave little provision for long term maintenance.
1) and 2) Water Resources & Water Systems + Waste Water & Sanitation
I am not qualified with specifics about the current situation, e.g., in Africa and Southern Asia, since I’ve been in the U.S. But it seems apparent that Covid-19 has only worsened the dire situation of drinking word for the poor, exacerbating the problems they already had.
3) Future Changes
What future changes to water resources, or water systems or waste-water/sanitation systems in your geographic area or organization do you anticipate as a result of COVID-19?
More to be hoped-for than anticipated will be ceramic water filters by the poor and for the poor. How else can there be real sustainability while there are those in the middle who would provide their water for a lot of profit? How else if best practices are not sought?
4) Positive benefits
Among the changes that you see, are there any that could improve the management of water resources, or water and waste-water systems? (For example, reduced energy usage or reduced greenhouse gas emissions, improved sustainability or improved customer service).
This question is music to our ears. It needs to be realized that ceramics is ideally suited to providing safe drinking water, especially because *the resources and ceramic traditions are nearly everywhere.* What is first needed is capacity building of those who work with clay, producing such products as water storage containers, cook stoves and construction brick.
*It needs to be realized* that ceramic water treatment projects will be most viable where these are implemented along with insulating ceramic rocket stoves. In production and implementation of these there is remarkable synergy in all aspects, which will cut costs to donors nearly in half. Because of this more and more projects will be possible, leaving no one behind.
An outcome will be not only the environmental health of those in the community but also an unlimited number of livelihoods starting with the ceramics. Innumerable additional ceramic products will be made possible, at the very origin of micro-industry. Please have a look at the presentation of the following link, as has been so often posted: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14wd8_9CoVRBRaV7V0ktUQfBAjqPQasK1/view?usp=sharing
5) Adverse Effects
Among the changes that you see, are there any that will have an adverse effect? (For example, increased greenhouse gas levels or energy usage, reduced sustainability or reduced customer service, or issues in other areas such as food production or energy generation).
Adverse effects prevented by implementation of these environmental health interventions are several:
a) The water filters are gravity fed, with no need of electricity, chemicals or gadgetry. Implementation will be human centered using natural flocculants or simple devices for reducing turbidity, prior to introducing the water in the filter systems.
b) The natural flocculants will go on to second use as briquetted fuel, either biomass or more specifically, agri-waste, for the insulating ceramic rocket stove. Because this stove does not give smoke, the use of the briquetted biomass will curtail or eliminate the need for carbonized fuel. The environmentally destructive production of charcoal can be curtailed or eliminated.
c) Phase 2 projects of the presentation of the link will make possible production of sanitary stoneware squat toilets for ecological public toilets having no external piping. What will be prevented is the adverse environmental effects associated with lack of sanitation. Do checkout the other oft-proffered, voice presentation, Toilet Talk of this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tzXCAsFdqOg2V4lFm37CfcReIzTOsZSf/view?usp=sharing
6) Future of water Post Covid-19
In your geographic area or organization, what changes from COVID-19 in the management of water resources, or water and waste-water systems really keep you awake at night? What severe problems are emerging that you will need to pay attention to?
Covid-19 has exacerbated a bad situation for the poor. There is an urgent need to get WASH developers talking to academic ceramists, whether in the art or the science and engineering. Neither seems to be so aware of the wonderful developments that will be made possible in their working together. Following is yet another link, this to a newsletter for ceramics in environmental health and development. The availability of three book is cited, the primary of which is entitled, Environmental Health and Development for All.
The aim of the author has been to make possible the education and training of developing world ceramists, those producing simple clay products, by academically qualified ceramists from the more prosperous countries. Nearly all of the 2030 goals will be addressed squarely once these developments are embraced. Do have a look at the newsletter, the link following: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WMr-J_jf3OAgusPHVHgBd6kxm9nQLYFp/view?usp=sharing