NGO to Help Provide Clean Water

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Is there an NGO which can help in providing a solution for providing clean drinking water in Azad Kashmir (Pakistan).

Scarcity of clean drinking water in my hometown is acute. I need the support of any NGO to help me out in the solution of this basic need for my people. 

How can we best combat water scarcity? With which technologies?

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  3. Hello,

    In Azad Kashmir, I am hopping must have water stream but will costly to build such facility to treat above surface water. The ground water will be best option.

    Contact water aid as they are already working in Pakistan.

    Regards

    M

     

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  5. Contact Rotary International, get in touch with WASRAG.  Rotary is a global association of business people dedicated to making a difference in the world.  There is a program for basic water programs for communities like yours.  Let me know how you do, my club could help sponsor your efforts as an international project.  

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    1. Tnx brother Brian 

      plsase do contact me for further details 

      makpak2001@yahoo.com 

      watsap cell 00923235527564

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  6. Try Water Aid. They work internationally. They have recently acquired a zero carbon desalination design which could be appropriate.

  7. One way to combat water scarcity like know it water harvesting...whatever rainfall must not be allowed to go to waste...

    dirty water is not available for safe human use...so avoid pollution of what you already have

     

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  8. One way to combat water scarcity like know it water harvesting...whatever rainfall must not be allowed to go to waste...

    dirty water is not available for safe human use...so avoid pollution of what you already have

     

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  9. Does the river water become muddy during the rainy season / in floods. If yes, then in that period simple filtration may not be sufficient. Some kind of clarification before filtration would also be required.

  10. While designing the pump house you would need to consider the High Flood Levels also.

  11. Col. Saheb, Lift pumping would be a solution. In this area is the flow of the river fast or placid. If placid it could be deep, but if fast it would be shallow. If shallow, you may need to construct a small coffer dam to collect the water for pumping. 

    Use vertical turbine pump for pumping the water.

    Use HDPE pipes. these are good and lasting. The treatment plant, which also would be simple, would be nearer the point of use and would consist of filtration followed by disinfection. If chlorine is not available nearby easily then only use UV. 

    If electricity is a problem, then you may try renewable sources like solar and wind. 

    Plan for 200 litres per person. 

    Best wishes for your endeavours.

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    1. Tnx brother For your advise will certainly benefit from it when my funding is done

      river is flowing in the valley below but need to pump the water up to the mountains to my village 

  12. I agree with Islam Ul Haque.  Before envisioning anything.  You need to identified the water source and the water characteristics. 

    Treatment optioins have to be simple and the chain of treatment composed of easy to replace/maintain equipment.

    Good luck

    Mathieu Barbeau

    www.akvo.ca

  13. Hi Asif, Check out this documentaries and CCTV  news report on YouTube  and contact me if we can work together.  Click on the following links;

    1. A video documentary developed from a collage of videos about the whole project on You Tube Link:  https://youtu.be/wbY_e2Xs5OI

    2. A CCTV coverage of community beneficiaries of the Nawandagala Primary School workshop as they demonstrated their newly acquired skills and testified on how beneficial this workshop had been to their lives at this Link: http://english.cntv.cn/2016/09/22/VIDEx2oPS4eBD2Vmya278Ssy160922.shtml

     

    I know waste plastic bottles are freely available in India and in abundancy. Though they are looked at as a hazard, they are solution to the water challenge!  I will remain eager to hear from you.

  14. Asif , Good idea and people like you must come forward to solve this essentially required human life threatening problem. Before, giving solution , can you share existing water supply and sanitation situation, drinking water management  practices and levels of drinking water contamination , types of contaminants observed in  Azad Kashmir. 

    Col. Engineer . Islam-ul-Haque, MSc, PhD, PE, AMIE, TI(M) R

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    1. Tnx sir 

      me not from engineers infact ftom artillery a gunner :)

      but water source is river Jhleum which flows way below our village which is at a higher altitude on the mountain 

      may be creating a water reservoir at the top n pumping water to it can work 

  15. I use Magnesium Oxide (MgO) prill beads to purify drinking water in Hawaii. 

    The prill beads come from a deep mine in Nevada. They are processed at 700 degrees which turns them into ceramic beads that do not dissolve in water.

    The beads place a positive charge in the water that shatters the magnetic bond that holds together any contaminants or pollutants (chlorine, fluoride, heavy metals: zinc, copper, lead, chromium-VI, pesticides, radiation, pharmaceuticals, mold, Ecoli, bacterias, etc) and gasses them out of the water. It raises the water pH to 8.7, high alkalinity, high oxygen, and thins the water so that can penetrate the cell membranes and flush out your toxins. 

    As to hydration: 3 glasses of prill water is equal to drinking 1 gallon of reverse osmosis water.

    Typically these bags are used in 3 gallon containers with spigot at bottom. 

    If you can get a community tank that is fille d by a source of water where people could fill their containers, it would work. 

    These beads last forever, therefore, NO ongoing costs!

    Regards, 
    Richard Fishman
    Owner
    www.PrillyPureWater.net
    808-879-0007

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    1. This wins the most useless and non science woo filled post on the internet I have seen today.

       

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  18. WaterAid is a good one. In the Thar Desert region of India, there is Jal Bhagirathi Foundation (JBF) who works to build capacity in villages in terms of recharging aquifers and growing leadership and have a pro-poor policy stance. They tend to revitalize traditional water collection systems such as stepwells, tablas, tankas, etc... 

    Another organization who is UK based, is Wells For India . They may go beyond the border and do great work. Also, Excellent Development is UK based and do a lot of work in Africa with Sand Dams, but they have started work in India alongside JBF, also working on Sand Dam technology. 

    As far as technologies and restorations in your region, it would all depend on the history and contemporary conditions of your water systems, the terrain, culture, etc... and what NGO or leadership would be able and willing to help. 

  19. I am afraid that I don't  have any information about NGO's in Pakistan, however WaterAid, who I have been involved with for many years operate in Pakistan through local NGOs. They may be a route.

    in terms of technology that really does depend on what the issues are and the availability of support for them so that they are locally sustainable. It also depends on the scale of the problem and locality eg village or urban.

    I am sure that if you have any specific tech queries I or others will try our best to provide answers on here. Good Luck. 

       

  21. Connect with Dr. Monroe Weber Shirk of  USA Cornell University. He is the lider of aplication of gravity water  systems, a great and functional technology with scientific base.   mw24@cornell.edu 

  24. Col Sahib, firstly let me wish you the best in this endeavour. Secondly, please advise the following:

    1. What is the current source of water in your home town? 

    2. Is it a question of non availability of water or a question of availability of unclean water?

    3. Do you have underground water. In certain hilly areas this can be a problem.

    If you can provide a more detailed question, we should be able to help even long distance.