Water is vital for our
survival. We depend upon it not only for our health,
but for our pleasure in life. Worldwide, more than one
billion people lack access to an improved water source, such
as a rainwater collection or wells. Two billion still need
access to basic sanitation facilities.
By 2015, the international community, working through
United Nations' Millennium Development Goals adopted in
September, hopes to reduce by half the number of people
without safe drinking water and basic sanitation.
Here are four steps to solving the
Haitian's water and sanitation
problems. First, researchers must determine
how big the problem is, then analyze the
water distribution process, understand the
complexity of the systems required and,
finally, create new approaches to water
supply and sanitation through research and
development, which might include new methods
of storing, treating, and disinfecting water
and developing sanitation systems that
minimize pathogen release.
Water
will be safe and in
reliable quantities
The Haitian
Consortium's' goal is to provide insight to local water authorities
in Haiti by helping them set the right
conditions for people to learn and solve the
problems of unsafe water and sanitation.
