Developing A Clean Water And Sanitation

Historically great feats of engineering have been the tell-tale sign of a great civilization. The Great Wall Of China, The Roman Aqueducts, and buildings that reach for the skies. Today Aerospace engineers propel us out of our world and to new and even higher heights. The evolution of engineers comes from a cornerstone of their method, The Engineering Method. They research, prototype and improve their design until they find a solution that fits. Engineers are constantly improving their work so that they can push the boundaries of what we believe is possible. Engineers communicate their progress in science and engineering through their amazing feats and groundbreaking

Engineering used to be a small, seemingly insignificant job. There were not many places and ways to successfully apply engineering, and even in the times where actual engineering was done, the engineer may not have been properly credited. There were people throughout history that accomplished things that would today be categorized as engineering, but at the time, all the fields of engineering had not yet been discovered. A good example of this is Dr. William Gorgas, who believed that mosquitoes were responsible for infecting thousands of workers with malaria during the building of the

The inequality when it comes to water scarcity is unacceptable and it does not meet the criteria for Reasonable Access to Clean water for multiple reasons. It is believed that 780million people lack access to clean water and another 2.5 Billion people lack access to improved sanitation (so they only have enough to drink and nothing else). Reasonable access to clean water should mean that water is offered at the lowest possible price so that more people can afford it but it is often in the poorest countries that the water they need is more expensive and harder to access and it is often due to avoidable causes.

We live in a world where humans always find a way to push the envelope and push technologies to new limits. Sky scrapers, ten mile long bridges and many other amazing accomplishments would have not been achievable without engineers. Engineers play a big role in the evolution of the human race. They create history and examples for the next engineer to follow and improve. The world has come a long way because of the ideas and skills of engineers. An example of change that an engineer brought to the world is the paving of roads. Dirt roads were causing many problems for the citizens of Rome. The roads were unstable and would create mud that would sometimes wash away in the rain. So a group of roman civil engineers came up with the idea of paved roads. A group of roman civil engineers came up with the solution to overcome the problems of dirt roads. The solution was to pave roads with rocks and concrete, which would change the lives of the Roman Empire for the better. The basic foundation of this engineering breakthrough is still being used by engineers of

Growing up only a couple hours from the coast gave me the advantage of quick trips to the beach. I cherish the memories of the beautiful drive and the excitement of finally arriving to the ocean. As I got older, I began to notice more than just warm sand, fun shops, and yummy food- I noticed what has been going wrong. Over the years, I have realized how much garbage washes up on the shores, that tourists leave enormous messes, and most importantly- the beaches are showing the effects. I hear more often about sea life washing to shore, contaminated shellfish, and mass amounts of coral and other sea life sick or dying altogether. At first glance, I think it is just the effects of a changing world, but truly it is the cause of overuse and contamination of water. Everything we do has some

Engineering affect the world around us, from how I’m typing this to how your alarm clock wakes you up in the morning. It also affects nature, this is Engineering with Animals, and this is us exploring science.

consume water in a modest way. We hear of campaigns in social media to save water

In 1992, floods caused sewage treatment plants in Tajikistan to over load and spill over which contaminated a nearby river that happened to be it's main source for drinking water.The lack of water sanitation centers in Tajikistan intensified the need for emergency stock placing additional strain on external sources. Africa as well faces immense challenges with water sanitation for both rural and urban Africans to access clean water. In 2004 only 16 percent of the individuals in sub-Saharan Africa had access to clean drinking water.

Shortage of clean water in most of sub-Saharan countries have been a major cause of poor sanitation that lead to child mortality and many other diseases such as diarrhea and poor hygiene related disease that causes almost 500 children to die every day (UNICEF,2015). I still can’t believe that I have water in my room here at ASU. I had to walk more than 10 miles every day before I go to class fetching water back home in Rwanda when I was a little kid. Building boreholes to most of this African countries can save life and time that can be used to do different job that can generate money for families.

The United States CWA, as previously explained, has many positive and negative effects. When thinking ethically and environmentally, supporting the CWA and encouragement for the spread worldwide comes rather simply. Aldo Leopold once said, “A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends to otherwise” (Maus, 2017) This land ethic approach helps prove that the CWA is a good thing for this world. Some may argue that it is causing harm and is bad because all of the problems, but according to the land ethic, it is good because it trying to preserve the quality of our water and in return the quality of our lives and the world (Maus, 2017). Furthermore, supporters of the CWA are taking the precautionary principle into consideration. The precautionary principle is basically preparing for the worst and taking action to prevent a harmful event from taking place. We can all agree that water is a necessity for life, and that it is very important to make sure that necessity never vanishes. Everyone and everything in this world needs clean water, and this causes the CWA to have many stakeholders; the CWA is so controversial because it has an impact in everyone’s life. Clean water is taken for granite in the United States, and the CWA has had a positive impact in helping prevent water degradation and improve the overall water quality and ecosystem. The controversial part is that the purpose of the CWA gets

Water and sanitation come under the 6th Sustainable Development Goal set by the United Nations.1 These are a group of 17 goals addressing different global issues which are aimed to be achieved by 2030. Water and sanitation are both fundamental to survival and confer many devastating consequences should they be denied. The devastating impacts of a lack of both water and adequate sanitation are strongly linked.

The complex challenge of designing a new sports car, or building a new bridge. Looking outside of the box to accomplish something most people cannot do. Using your hands to design something for the future will be a trait that we can never go without. The world would never be where it is today and will never evolve without the technical knowledge of an engineer.

It is almost impossible, today, to look around you and not see the products of engineering, pretty much regardless of where one may be. In this way, advancements in engineering and its various branches have clearly allowed humanity to develop in immeasurable ways or this would not be the case (Frank C. Whitmore, 1979). However, those who do not have much knowledge of the background processes behind this infrastructure may not realise its impact as deeply or may not realise the impact of engineering at all - despite modern society’s fundamental dependence upon it (National Academy of Engineering, 2001).

Drinking a glass of water does not usually stir up thoughts of injustice. If it in someway did, it would probably be over concern for those in underdeveloped countries who struggle to get clean drinking water. Yet, the struggle to attain clean drinking water occurs in the United States as well and especially for minorities. Regulations in the Federal Safe Drinking Act often go unmet and the purpose of the Safe Water Drinking Act unfulfilled as minority dominant and poor communities often have the most severe and pervasive health violations of their drinking water. Unfortunately, this occurs right here in the San Joaquin Valley. The Valley demonstrates environmental injustice in the types of communities that experience nitrate

In today’s world, the access to clean water is unspeakably easy. Technology has revolutionized what it means to get clean water that is safe to drink, shower in, and play in. The water that is consumed by humans comes from water treatment plants, making it perfectly safe. Many people don’t think about where their water comes from, or the process it has to go through in order for it to be consumable. However, many countries do not have access to clean drinking water. In other places, people have to clean their own water using the sun to kill bacteria. This process is called the SODIS process.