Hi5Engineers

Providing Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation facilities to All.

"[The water and sanitation] crisis claims more lives through disease than any

war claims through guns”.

Team Details:

Shweta Samaiya, Hayat Ali, Anchal Rathore, Pooja Bhakoria & Moiz Zaki

Scope

• More than 3.4 million people die each year from water, sanitation, and hygiene-related causes, nearly 99 %, occur in the developing world.

• Of the 60 million people added to the world's towns and cities every year, most move to informal settlements (i.e. slums) with no sanitation facilities.

• 780 million people lack access to an improved water source; approximately one in nine people.

Causes

• Lack of education and awareness among masses.

• Non-accessibility of proper resources and facilities to common man.

• Leniency in imposition of government rules.

• Maintenance of public facilities is not good so people prefer open spaces.

• Lack of proper monitoring mechanisms.

Reason

• Around 1.5 million deaths each year - nearly one in five – are caused by diarrhea.90% of the deaths due to diarrheal diseases are children under 5 years old, mostly in developing countries.

• Surveys from 45 developing countries show that women and children bear the primary responsibility for water collection in the majority of households. This is time not spent working at an income-generating job, caring for family members, or attending school.

Contd.

It is estimated that nearly 10% of the

global disease burden could be reduced

through improved water supply,

sanitation, hygiene, and water resource

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WSI indicates how well river basins are

being developed and managed to sustain

ecosystem. Hazardous index means that

there are inadequate levels of public

investment, regulations and enforcement

related to water in country.

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• Compulsory for all new constructions, govt. buildings, hotels, colonies, malls, etc.

• For rural areas a common water collection tank should be constructed which stores the roof and terrace run-off. Individual homes must be supplied with a tap from the storage for use of water. A predetermined amount of water (depending on family size, daily water requirements, etc.) utilized is acceptable but wastage of water would pinch the pockets as metering would be done.

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• Sewage should not be dumped into rivers. It must be separated from solid waste and waste water must be redirected to a sewage water treatment plant to obtain clean water which maybe used in public toilets. The solid waste generated is biodegradable and can be used as a source of natural fertilizer. S

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• Sulabh Shauchalaya must be constructed in numbers and maintained properly. A nominal charge per person may be taken which can then be used to pay to the one who is responsible for cleaning the toilets.

Dustbins must be available every few meters and there must be many more at public places. They must be maintained

properly to avoid their overflow and prevention of diseases.

Advertisements on hygiene and sanitation should be aired on all channels

frequently, whether the channel is national or not. They must be aired as

are those for smoking and tobacco.

Nukkad Nataks can be held as they are very informative. They maybe used to spread awareness about clean water,

sanitation, hygiene and for other issues as well.

NGO’s especially like WASH institute, ANM, Aanganwadi must be

promoted so that water sanitation and hygiene is

promoted at the most basic level.

Water must be purified using hypochlorite

solution because it is not as cancerous as pure chlorine is. It must be

promoted.

All places with natural water resources should

have strict rules for their protection and cleanliness

and security measures should be implemented so

that those rules are followed.

Volunteers from all walks of life can also help by

imparting information to the people like doctors can

spread awareness about the harmful effects of the

problem.

Plantation should be encouraged and more

man-made ponds can be made to use-up barren

lands.

Setting up of pipelines to

the areas with large

scarcity of water so that substantial amount of water which is wasted

during transportation is saved.

Cost Estimation

Organization and Logistic

Costs

Advertisements (INR 4-5 cr per

annum) including on-air adds and

hoardings

Establishment of Public Toilets with

all facilities and pipelines (INR 25-

30 cr)

Technology Cost

Sewage Water Treatment

Plant(INR 2-2.5 cr, all over India)

• The cost model requires funding from government, private, corporate institutes as

well as from those who are willing to help in the cause.

•All these investments are one-time investments.

Impact and Reach •Death-rate due to water-

borne diseases like diarrhea.

•Availability of clean water to masses through-

out the year.

•Improvement of health can be measured by

employing regular health check-ups.

•Our solution is sustainable and eco-

friendly.

•It helps in conserving the natural resources.

•Although the cost of implementation is high, it is a one-time investment and will prove boon-full

year-round.

•Stringent implementation of the rules and

regulations.

•Monthly tours to inspect the implementation and

maintenance.

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Monitoring Mechanism

Challenges and Mitigation factors C

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Corruption!!

Funding problem.

Improper maintenance.

Improper implementation.

Non-supporting public.

Socio-economic factors like poverty and caste discrimination

Absence of skilled labor for working in plants.

Irregular visits.

Difficulty in integration of infrastructure.

Mit

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Funding from other possible sources.

Stringent integration of rules and regulations.

Advertising and Awareness campaigns like Nukkad Nattak etc.

Education and awareness.

Maintenance of proper records.

Tie-up with skilled individuals from higher authorities.

References Google search.

Wikipedia.

Wash community an initiative of water.org.

Live mint and wall street journal.

www.wsp.org.

Water is life. Retrieved from http://www.newstalk.ie/Water-Is-Life:-How-India-is-tackling-its-climate-change-crisis.

Water. (n.d.). India. Retrieved from http://water.org/country/india/ .

UNICEF. (n.d.). Water, Environment and Sanitation. Retrieved from http://www.unicef.org/india/wes.html

Water. (n.d.). India. Retrieved from http://water.org/country/india/ .

Center for Economic and Social Studies. (2004). Right to Drinking Water in India. Retrieved from http://www.cess.ac.in/cesshome/wp%5CWater.pdf .