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According to the Centers for Disease Control, global access to safe water, adequate sanitation, and proper hygiene education can reduce illness and death from disease, leading to improved health, poverty reduction, and socio-economic development. However, many countries are challenged to provide these basic necessities to their populations, leaving people at risk for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)-related diseases. Resources available within this theme offer information on providing access to safe water and appropriate sanitation facilities, and introducing sound hygiene behaviors.

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350 Mission -- AEI Charles Pankow Student Design Competition

Published: 
January 1, 2014
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
This project is based on the 2014 Charles Pankow Foundation Annual Architectural Engineering Student Design Competition. It proposes a new design for 350 Mission Street, San Francisco based on the original design from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. The team focused their efforts on designing...Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

A Public Health Project in Methods of Schistosomiasis Haematobium Control in Adasawase, Ghana

Published: 
January 1, 2010
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease that is endemic in Africa. Adasawase is a rural village in eastern Ghana that had a 49.8% prevalence rate in 2008. This project utilized a public health approach to further control schistosomiasis. Infection rates in schoolchildren were determined by urine...Read more

A Starting Guide for Campus Sustainability

Published: 
January 1, 2009
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
The concept of sustainability is getting popular in Northern American colleges and universities; however, its movement is still at the beginning phase. Currently, there is no definite answer of how an institution can reach sustainability in the most effective way. However, many colleges and...Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

A Study of the Environmental Policies, Processes and Practices of Worchester Polytechnic Institute and the Technische Universitat Darmstadt

Published: 
January 1, 2008
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
The goal of this research project, which has an environmental focus, is to study and compare the environmental policies, practices and processes of the Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA, in addition to outside factors that may also have an influence...Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

A Sustainable Accounting and Maintenance Management System for the Infrastructure of the West Boylston Water District

Published: 
January 1, 2006
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
This project was intended to assist the Water District of the Town of West Boylston to manage its water infrastructure assets and comply with Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement 34. After compiling information about The District's assets, our project group developed a...Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

Adapting Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems to Stormwater Management in an Informal Setting

Published: 
January 1, 2011
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
A major problem in the informal settlement of Monwabisi Park, Cape Town, is flooding caused by the low-lying topography and lack of stormwater management systems. Conducting a case study and working with local residents, we created a guidebook that analyzed the physical and social conditions...Read more
Regional focus: 
South Africa

Addressing Water Misconceptions in Katutura

Published: 
January 1, 2005
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Namibia is the driest country south of the Sahara. The administration of Windhoek, the capital, predicts that by the year 2020, the water demands will be greater than the supply. Many residents in Katutura, a mainly black section of Windhoek, have misconceptions about the quality of water they...Read more

Ammonia Wastewater Treatment by Immobilized Activated Sludge

Published: 
January 1, 2010
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
The increase in urbanization has created the need for proper management and treatment of wastewater. The activated sludge process is an alternative method to treat high strength ammonia wastewater. In this project, the effect of temperature and the nitrification performances in treating ammonia...Read more
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