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Case Study: Using a Systems Design Model to Bring Clean Drinking Water to Rural and Slum Communities in India Sarah Tranum, OCAD University/TrickleUp Design Inc. Toronto, Canada Relating Systems Thinking and Design Symposium (RSD5) October 15, 2016
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Case Study: Using a Systems Design Model to Bring Clean Drinking Water to Rural and Slum Communities in India
Sarah Tranum, OCAD University/TrickleUp Design Inc. Toronto, Canada
Relating Systems Thinking and Design Symposium (RSD5) October 15, 2016
600,000 childrendie EVERY YEAR from diarrhea or pneumonia fromunclean water
Reference: UNICEF Handbook on Water Quality, 2008
Image Credit: (clockwise) Eureka Forbes AquaSure Water Purifiers; Mebelkart.com; Ion Exchange (India) Ltd. Zero B
Examples of water cleaning solutions available
FITSCALESUSTAINABILITY
Affordable?
FITwith REALITIES andOPPORTUNITIES?
Image Credit: Vestergaard LifeStraw
Modelled to reach SCALE?
Little or NO local economic impact
FAIR labourpractices?
product
payment
Sustainable?cultural
environmental
financialsocial
Solution Ecosystem
product/service
localproduction
localdistribution
education/training
participatory design
broaderunderstanding
long-term adoption
community ownership/
responsibility
systemicchange
scalable
self-sustaining
CleanCube
Pilot CommunitySouth Goa
Connecting health, water, sanitation, hygiene, & economics
& WATER interconnected
WOMEN
& WASTE interconnected
WATER
WATER storage is KEY
EspeciallyDrinking WATER
EspeciallyDrinking WATER
INTUITIVEPractices
Sustainablecultural
environmental
socialfinancial
robustsolution
CleanCubePROCESS
CleanCubeprototype
localproduction
localdistribution
education/training
participatory design
broaderunderstanding
long-term adoption
community ownership/
responsibility
systemicchange
scalable
self-sustaining
CleanCube
Solution Ecosystem
CO-DESIGNINGwith the community
Option 2Option 1Pick-UpDrop-O�
Manure
InorganicOrganic
vRecycle
Land�ll
Recyclable Materials Seperated
IMAGINING the needed infrastructure
EXPERIENCINGthe power of cooperation
CREATINGa shared message
MEMBERZuarinagar Evergreen Association
CATALYST for community action
PROVENModels
SELF HELP Groups (SHGs)
SMALL batchPRODUCTION
HEALTH & PRODUCTION TRAINING
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
WORKING TOGETHER
QUALITY CONTROL
TIME & EFFICIENCY
A woman in production earns Rs 4000 for 40 hours/month, a contrbution of 30-40% to her household income
= 1L of clean water = Rs 1 or about $0.02 CAD
= 1 week of clean water for family of five = Rs 50 or about $1 CAD
SHORT & LONG TERM IMPACT
INTERSECTION of the SACRED & MUNDANE
COMMUNITY-BASEDEDUCATION
storytelling,science, magic,
music & dance
a powerful medium tuned intolocal realities
cut through the media noise
ALTERNATIVE DISTRIBUTION MODEL
IN HOMEAMBASSADORKIT
CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY BOOK
Scalable
Image Credit: Amazon.com
ThinkingSMALL to SCALE BIG
HOLISTICapproach
FITa solution reflecting local REALITIES
an approachto other BIGCHALLENGES
localproduction
localdistribution
education/training
participatory design
broaderunderstanding
long-term adoption
community ownership/
responsibility
systemicchange
scalable
self-sustaining
CleanCube
Solution Ecosystem
NEXT STEPScontinued testingprototypingreplicating preparing for market
CleanCube
