Clean water: Difference between revisions

Clean water is a matter of water supply and water treatment.

See Choosing water supply and purification methods for an outline of choices according to context.

Rationale

In the industrialized world, clean water is as readily available as air. Unfortunately, clean water is a luxury in much of the third world, and this fact is a major contributor to chronic health problems. (Appropriate links should be included here.)

These regions are most seriously impacted by lack of clean water:

• (Ed note: I don't actually know what these areas are.)

These kinds of skills are valuable in addressing the problem:

• Mechanical Engineering, Pump Design

These organizations are working on the problem and can use your skills:

• Lifewater
• IWMI
• BiosandFilter
• Open Design Water Purification System

These sites provide technological or educational information:

Water topics (Category)

Beyond dams	General Alternatives to hydroelectric energy BD recycled (grey) water Desalination plants In-river flood management Irrigation methods Rainwater management Reducing runoff Sand dams Separating the people and the threat Water conservation strategies Water diversion
Clean water	General Raintree-Foundation
Conservation	General Equal and Proportionate Distribution of Water in Irrigation Systems Simple ways to save water and energy Tools Composting toilets New Dawn composting toilet Sub-Irrigated Planter Washing and drying clothes Water conservation strategies WaterPod Filter Commander 9000
Developing countries	General Cholera Cultural preferences in sanitation Decreasing turbidity to optimize solar water disinfection Emergency water quality field testing Raintree-Foundation Water source selection Water supplies and sanitation Water supply Water supply and purification for emergencies Tools Bathroom Toilet Unit Design of a low-cost household water treatment system Mid Scale Community Water Treatment Facility Slow sand filter Ventilated Improved Pit Latrine WaterPod Filter Commander 9000
Distribution	General Irrigation Clay pot irrigation Drip Irrigation Helps Farmers Save Money Drip Irrigation Turns Gravel into Green Drip line placement Equal and Proportionate Distribution of Water in Irrigation Systems IRRIMICR Irrigation methods Micro-irrigation Permaculture Demonstration Center in San Andres Huayapam Pumping Comparison of pumps Village-level operation and maintenance Tools Irrigation CCAT Gravity fed drip irrigation Sub-Irrigated Planter Tanks and Cisterns Pumping Bucketpump construction manual Depth-adjustable Rope Pump Handpumps Hydraulic ram pumps Optimization and CFD analysis of wind-powered water pump system Piston Water Pump Pulser pump Rope pump Rope pump knots Treadle pump design optimization Windpumps
Groundwater	General Arsenic in groundwater Groundwater recharge Permaculture Demonstration Center in San Andres Huayapam Tools CCAT trench swales Ecological dry toilets at Pedregal Micro filter dams at Pedregal Permeable pavements Sand dams Swales Terraces and Ditches at Pedregal
Hydroelectricity	General Alternatives to hydroelectric energy Chiora, Georgia mini hydro powerplant Comparison of bladed rotors for HECS HSU Chiapas micro hydro feasibility study How to Measure Flow How to measure stream flow rate Impulse turbine Microhydro Microhydro power Reaction turbine Tools Picohydro generator WaterPod Pico in a Bucket
Mosquito control	General Appropriate use of DDT GEM mosquito control FAQ Recycling and dengue fever in Sukunan, Indonesia Tools Tire shingles
Oral rehydration	General Starch-based oral rehydration solutions Tools Oral rehydration solution recipes Oral rehydration therapy spoon

Using Systems to Clean Water

There are many systems readily available to clean water. Although most of these devices are expensive and are not the traditional ways of the purification process. New technology has improved the process and the accesibility to these systems. The image below shows a low cost and individual system for clean water.

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Alternative methods are on a larger scale...industrial/commercial

• Water Treatment Plants
• Lake filtering systems
• Large rock and mineral filteration proces