Post on 19-Jan-2015
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The Problem
1.8 million people die each year from water-borne diseases. The
majority of these individuals are children
under the age of 5.1
Communities rely on water sources including dugouts,
open wells and tanker water with no guarantee of the cleanliness of the water.
Current water testing supplies are1) Too complicated2) Expensive3) Require electricity and other resources not available in many remote areas.
The most common type of water contamination is
microbial, stemming from human or animal feces
mixing with a water source.
SWW
The Innovation
Kits that are field-ready for microbial water testing.
Testing Components
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10 ml Colilert Presence/Absence
Test
1 ml Petrifilm EnumerativeTest
5 ml Easygel Enumerative Test
10 ml H2S Presence/Absence
Test
Packaged in: Also including:
Flashlight(UV), Field Notebook, Use Instructions, Batteries, Sharpies, Whirlpack Collection Bags, Waste Belt Incubator
The Competition
Current Testing Methods
Other Kit Producers
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Safe Water World
improves on current models
Quanti-Tray-Expensive setup and per test cost-Incubation required
Membrane Filtration-Complicated Execution-Heavy and expensive filtration device-Incubation required
Low cost Easy to use and read results Portable No incubation required Instructions provided and built in
support system!
Feasibility
Potential Market
Large Inter-governmental
Agencies
Non-Profits
Student/University Groups
SWW
To Date
Interest in Alpha Kits from 4 DUSP Students for summer 2011
Established contacts in relevant departments in Red Cross, Oxfam, UNICEF, OECD
Solidified Community Partnership and identified early adopter organizations
Potential Impact? Billions
Pure Home WaterOur community
partner
Developing Countries Worldwide
SWW
• Assist in new campaign to identify contaminated water sources around Tamale
• Potential Impact ~ 350,000 people
• Assist aide agencies in determining areas of focus and measurements of improvement
• Empower communities to identify poor water sources and seek improvements
The Team
Name Background
Future RoleSWW
Not Pictured: CEE Senior Lecturer, Susan Murcott-Team Advisor
Samantha O’Keefe
Philip Wolfe
Dr. Afreen Siddiqi
• MIT 2009, B.S. Civil and Environmental Eng.
• Research on microbial methods and appropriate technologies in developing countries
• Outreach/Marketing Alpha Kits to MIT Community
• On campus trainings and kit assembly
• Team leader
• Duke 2008, B.S. Mechanical Eng., B.A. History
• EWB experience in Uganda, rainwater catchment, water testing
• Modification of kit design based on user feedback
• Develop quality assurance checks
• Non-profit marketing
• B.S. Mech E., M. S and PhD. Aero/Astro MIT
• Research from a CLIOS perspective on water systems in developing countries
• International supply chain coordination
• Outreach and pitches to inter-governmental clients