Wikipedia:WikiProject Water and sanitation
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This WikiProject is a subproject of the International development and Environment WikiProjects. It was originally named WikiProject Water purification, and needs to be updated to reflect the broader scope.
Water purification and sanitation are among the most basic technologies needed for sustainable living, particularly in the developing world. They requires the employment of very basic accessible technologies within reach of almost anyone to insure that even people in remote villages can have safe, healthy water for drinking, washing and agriculture. Unfortunately, over 50% of the world's population lacks these technologies for whatever reason.
The goal of this project is to provide an outline of the most common techniques that can be used to purify water. Each technique will be accompanied by a description, history, account of where it it being used, a listing of advantages and drawbacks, and a step-by-step, illustrated "how-to" showing how these basic technologies can be implemented on the ground.
It is the hope of this project that the material it encompasses will be made accessible to people everywhere on both a theoretical and practical level.
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[edit] Sample list of water purification techniques
1. Inlet - drive pipe;
2. Free flow at waste valve;
3. Outlet - delivery pipe;
4. Waste valve;
5. Delivery check valve;
6. Pressure vessel
- Distillation for water purification (also see Distillation)
- Pumping for use in water purification systems
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- rope pumps in water purification systems
- water screw
- ram pumps in water purification systems
- Solar powered pumping in water purification systems
- Earthenware cooling techniques in water purification systems
- Water pasteurization
- Water storage systems
- Water treatment systems
- Small vs Large hydro systems
- Solar, wind and hybrid systems for energy production
- Heating and cooling systems in water purification
- Solar heating, cooling, and cooking systems
- computer controlled water purification systems
- Pesticide removal in water purification systems
- Pathogen attenuation in water purification systems
- Filtration in water purification systems
- Production of biofuel and biomass treatment methods
- Phytoremediation and wastewater treatment
- Materials for water purification systems
- Other
Some other methods can be found on Category:Appropriate technology.
[edit] How you can help
There are many ways that anyone can help to get this project off the ground. First of all, be pure of heart and of water. Second, write articles, edit and copy edit existing articles, provide CAD and other diagraming. Create flash animations of various systems. Translate these articles into other articles and tell your friends about it.
What we hope will be different about this project is, that the talk page of each article will include a check list of items that the article should include for it to be a comprehensive, feature quality account of the topic. Feel free to add to the check list or to strike off items that have been completed.
[edit] Strategy
The basic strategy is to get this done. Be pragmatic. To do this we will focus on a monthly featured article complete it and move on to the next item on the list.
[edit] Template
- Overview
- History (including where used, "once in...."now used in")
- Theory (advantages, drawbacks, how-to)
[edit] Stubs
Stub articles related to water supply and/or purification include:
At present there is no specific stub for this area. You can use {{tech-stub}} or if it is related to international development, use {{international-dev-stub}}. If we get a large number here (20 or more) we can think about proposing a stub (say, {{watsan-stub}}), which requires about 30 articles.
{{waste-stub}} can be used for waste water & water treatment related articles.
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[edit] Categories
[edit] Sign me up
Wow, this is a unique approach... I would like to help by.... (Wikipedia is a collaborative effort, every little bit helps):
TTLightningRod 16:35, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC) writing, illustration, CAD creation.inactive user- Singkong2005 06:52, 30 November 2005 (UTC) - Researching & providing info. My main focus is Appropriate technology and everything in that category, but with a particular interest and background in water & sanitation.
- KHatcher 12:57, 2 June 2006 (UTC) - Research in water resources planning and management. Also working on the Wikipedia Portal:Water.
- --Alex 08:05, 2 October 2006 (UTC)Practical and a theoretical background in water-based environmental technologies
[edit] Related Wikiprojects
- International development (parent)
- Environment (parent)
- Chemicals
[edit] See also
- Wikipedia Portal:Water
- National Drinking Water Clearinghouse (USA)
