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Progress & Self-Sufficiency in Water, Sanitation & Reforestation in Northern Ghana
Susan MurcottEnvironmental Engineer, D-Lab, MIT
April 2016
Credit: Alexandr Nishichenko Credit: Mark Williams
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Pure Home Water
Pure Home Water (PHW): a social enterprise founded in Tamale, Ghana in 2005, has two goals:
1. Reach people most in need of safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and environmental innovations in Ghana, especially in northern Ghana, the poorest part of the country.
2. Become financially and locally self-sustaining.
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Pure Home Water Videos“the Best Short Intro!”
• Pure Home Water
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSQ36X-LseI&feature=plcp
• Dubai Expo Live 2020
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfNQwlkMiPg
• Women and Water, Access and Scarcity
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drU74lkzMcI
Credit: Alexandr Nishichenko
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Pure Home Water was founded by two civil & environmental engineers:
Susan Murcott and Mary Kay Jackson
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Pure Home Water’s Current MgtOperations Manager: Michael Anyekase
Factory Manager: Iddrisu Awal
Awal and Michael together Awal eating lunch at the factory
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Typical Unimproved Water Supply in northern Ghana
Taha Water Supply – water supply for the village adjacent to our factory
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Comparison of Child Under 5 Years Mortality Estimates for Ghana vs. Kuwait
(deaths per 1,000 live births)
Ghana
Kuwait
http://www.childmortality.org/index.php?r=site/graph#ID=KWT_Kuwait
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The Northern Region & Brong Ahafo, two of PureHome Water’s target regions, have the highestrates of diarrhea prevalence in Ghana, 33% and
28% respectively, acc. to DHS 2009 survey.
Diarrhea in Children under 5 Years of Age
33%36%
22%
37%
28%
18%
26%
20%
13%
21%23%
-10%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
DUF
(n=16)
LAH
(n=10)
DUU
(n=25)
LAB
(n=16)
TUG
(n=30)
TYA
(n=18)
FUT
(n=12)
GBR
(n=25)
WUG
(n=33)
WUV
(n=15)
total (n
= 200)
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Village (n = # households)
Prevalence of diarrhea in children under five (by community)
Diarrhea
Overall prevalence of reported diarrhea in children under 5 years averaged 23% across 10 baseline villages in Rotary 2012 survey (95% CI), N=200) (Lu, 2012)
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50% (0.9 million out of 1.8 million people) in Northern Region, Ghana use
an unimproved drinking water source
• Improved Sources– Household tap
connection
– Public standpipe
– Boreholes
– Rainwater harvesting
– Protected springs and dug wells
• Unimproved Sources– All surface water
sources
– Unprotected springs and dug wells
– Tanker trucks
– Vendor water
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Open defecation is common in our project area
of northern Ghana
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5 million Ghanaians (19%)
defecate in the open.Ghana has one of the worst records of access
to sanitation in the world.
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Deforestation - apart from Togo and Nigeria, Ghana has the 3rd highest rate of tropical
deforestation out of 65 nations.*
* http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Ghana-has-the-Highest-Rate-of-Deforestation-212616
Tree cutting is typically for charcoal, pasture for livestock, or clearing for urban, rural or industrial purposes
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Burning Bush – illegal but common, burning brings up new shoots for cattle to eat
(Photo: Kristine Cheng, MIT’12)
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MIT in Ghana
Since 2015, over 185 students from MIT’s Master of Engineering Program, with support from MIT’s Public Service Center and others, have provided technical and other service skills to PHW in Ghana
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Pure Home Water’s main product is the Afri-ClayTM ceramic water filter
which we produce at our factory in Tamale, Ghana
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Filter Production - 15 Steps
1. Clay mining2. Clay processing and drying3. Rice husk sieving,4. Mixing the clay, rice husk & water in proper ratio5. Kneading and weighing6. Pressing filter pots7. Drying8. Stacking in kiln9. Firing
10. Soaking in water tank11. Quality control - Flow rate tests12. Bacterial tests13. Silver application14. Transporting, delivering and training15. Drinking safe water
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1. Procuring the clay and transporting it to the factory site
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2. Processing the clay
Credit : Amelia Servi MIT’13
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3. Sieving the Combustible (Rice Husk or Saw Dust)
Credit: Travis Watters
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4. Mixing the clay, rice husk and water in the proper ratio
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5. Kneading clay until uniform mixture is obtained, then wedging and weighing
Credits: Steve Buchele
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6. Pressing Filter Pots
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7. Drying Pots
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8. Stacking filters in the kiln
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9. Firing the Kiln to the correct maximum temperature for the right time duration
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10. Soaking pots for 12+ hours
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11. Quality Control - Flow Rate Tests
Performed in one of two ways:(i) Filling filters to the brim
and letting water drip into a collection bag for 15 or 30 minutes
(ii) Filling to brim and measuring with a calibrated “T” devise
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12. Bacterial Testing in PHW Lab
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13. Painting silver nanoparticles on
pot filters
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14. Delivering to Customers and Training in Proper Use
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15. Drinking safe water from AfriClay filter
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Progress
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Pure Home Water estimates that the AfriClay filter has reached 100,000 people in rural northern Ghana
with safe drinking water
Credit: M.K.Jackson.
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The Filter Works!
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Performance is good!
Gbalahi Clay Wayamba Clay Rice Husk
14 kg (64% w/w) 4 kg (18% w/w) 4 kg (18% w/w)
Flow Rate Bacteria Removal Turbidity Reduction
5 L/hr 99.7 % 92 %
Credit: Matt Miller (MIT ‘12)
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Our factory is on the map, in close proximity to its village workers and clay source
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The filter price is $25 - $35, depending on services offered
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Filter Sales(2005 – 2015)
4,000 free filters Guinea Worm Eradication
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F Y 1 ( 0 5 - 0 6 ) F Y 2 ( 0 6 - 0 7 ) F Y 3 ( 0 7 - 0 8 ) F Y 4 ( 0 8 - 0 9 ) F Y 5 ( 0 9 - 1 0 ) F Y 6 ( 2 0 1 1 ) F Y ( 2 0 1 2 ) F Y ( 2 0 1 3 ) F Y ( 2 0 1 4 ) F Y ( 2 0 1 5 )
Sold at Various Prices
Free (& Emergency)
Factory Construction
We have provided filters directly to customers and to emergency relief and aid agencies
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We have contributed to the eradication of Guinea Worm in Ghana
Our filters helped the 25+ year Guinea Worm Eradication Campaign to eradicate guinea worm from Ghana
Woman from Yesapi, Central Gonja, with bandage covering guinea worm- infected foot
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We have built and expanded the factory
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We employ 24 factory workers providing well-paid local employment
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We have created
diverse,
multicultural,
multi-religious
multi-national
teams of men
and women
working
cooperatively
and in peace
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We have raised funds through the MIT Public Service Center and Indiegogo and built 2 public toilet blocks in local villages
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Taha Toilet Block Opening Ceremony
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Self-Sufficiencysome examples of PHW’s success
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PHW staff can build and repair the hydraulic press and can construct and maintain concrete molds, using all local skills and materials.
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Rainwater Harvesting System – we have both a municipal piped water
supply and our own supply
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In 2014, PHW acquired land in the village of Gburma to offset the
carbon emissions from wood-firing in the PHW
kiln via reforestation.
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For More Info on Pure Home Water
Credit: Mark Williams Credit: Josh Hester
http://globalwater.mit.edu/ghana
http://www.purehomewater.org
Pure Home [email protected] Box TL 2261, Tamale, Ghana+233-246-560145
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