Water, Sanitation, Hygiene

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.

Water, Sanitation, Hygiene Resources

Training Video: Drilling Zones 1 and 2

Publication date:
January 1, 2012
Water4
This 11-minute training video provides an overview of drilling zones 1 and 2. After an appropriate site for hand drilling has been selected the drilling begins. During the drilling process, several different geological zones will be encountered: top soil, dirt, dry sand, sand & clay mix, clay...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

Training Video: Drilling Zone 3

Publication date:
January 1, 2012
Water4
This 8-minute video provides a brief overview of drilling through zone 3, hard layers. A hard layer is defined as any layer in which the 6" auger or 5" auger will not work. When you encounter a hard layer your first option is a 4" auger. One geological zone where it would be...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

Training Video: Well Completion

Publication date:
January 1, 2012
Water4
This 13-minute training video provides an overview of well completion, once you have the appropriate amount of water volume and recharge in the borehole.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

350 Mission -- AEI Charles Pankow Student Design Competition

Publication date:
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/Country focus:
United States

A DFT Study of the Hydrophobicity of Silicalite

Publication date:
January 1, 2010
Factors that influence water adsorption in silicalite were studied. It was found that the energy of adsorption becomes less stable as water molecules are loaded in the silicalite structure. A structure with one water molecule was found to have an energy of -14.42 KJ/mol while one with three...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

A Starting Guide for Campus Sustainability

Publication date:
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/Country focus:
United States

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

Publication date:
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/Country focus:
United States

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

Publication date:
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/Country focus:
United States

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

Publication date:
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/Country focus:
South Africa

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