2011 ewb water for the world blue final

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Water for the WorldWater for the WorldAn Engineers Without Borders Workshop


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Take a moment and ask yourself,

How did you engage with waterin the last 24 hours?

Ask yourself

When did you use

water in the past

24 hours?


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Image: http://www.mirandasjeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Water-In-Human-Body.jpg


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1100 000 000 people dont have access to clean waterThats 1 in 6 people


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Access to drinking water

Image:

http://www.unep.org/dewa/vitalwater/jpg/0215-0-water-tot-EN.jpg


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1 300 000 000 people live off less than $1 per dayThats 1 in 6 people, again


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% of people living on less than $1/day

Image: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Percentage_population_living_on_less_than_1_dollar_day_2007-2008.png

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Slide 8

S1 I like the idea behind this slide.. relating the two statistics is important.. but the top map is confusing.. I think the presenters simply

making that point on the one map is sufficient.

Sal, 2/21/2010


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Whats in dirty drinking water?

Germs

Dirt

Toxic chemicals


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Worl i , 3 opl i a ar fromi a a poor at r q alit

Thats 1 f ll ACC every 2 daysIma : ttp:// ownloa oftwar tor . om/pro ram/ori inal r n ot/42127


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Why is clean drinking water important?

Health benefits

Economic benefits


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How much freshwater is in Canada?

20%of the

worldsfreshwatersupply is

in Canada

Image: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=459911


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Photo credit Trey Ratcliff www.stuckincustoms.comWhat contaminates our freshwater?

Raw sewage

Chemical spills

Runoff

Image: http://www.liverpool.nsw.gov.au/LCC/INTERNET/me.get?site.sectionshow&PAGE12 0&BODY


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40 000Olympic size

pools!

About 2000pools a day!

45 poolsevery hour!

200 000 000 litres of raw sewage isdumped by Canada every year

Image: Trey Ratcliff www.stuckincustoms.com


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WaterTreatment

inCanadian

Cities

Image: http://www.thewatertreatments.com/


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Source Water

Water carried

from well

Contaminated

water used

Developing communities


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Filtration: an important step

Water Filter Activity

In gro ps, design a waterfilter

Come and get s pplies

2 min te limit


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How does this relate to the real world?


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HowoesEWB hel overseas?

Wateraccess for

communities Toilets

Farming


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What YOU can do

Be a global citizen Learn how YOURactions affect otherpeople around theworld!

Take actions that

make a positivedifference!


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Wherever possible we have given creditto those who tookthese greatphotos.

With recognitionto allthe photographers whose images have helpedto illustrate

these issuesWe maynotalways know who youare,butyour work has touchedus.

Thankyou.


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Contest ClosesApril 0th, 2011

2011 ewb water for the world blue final

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