Portable Water for Global Health
Within the developing world, many of the life threatening diseases are water borne. These include diseases such as cholera, dysentery, and typhoid that are transmitted largely by the unclean water that is consumed by more than half of the world’s population. The Grand Challenge Program on Potable Water For Global Health will explore the effects of ceramic water filters on the health and wealth of a community in Africa in which the filters will be made by local people within a community-based enterprise. A combination of fluid mechanics, materials science and biological techniques will be used to study the filtration and pathogen killing mechanisms. The program will conclude by identifying the potential implications of the project for the sustainable development of ceramic water filter enterprises within a global context. The program will engage: Princeton undergraduate/graduate students; Princeton faculty/staff; the Global Development Network at Princeton University, collaborators from Africa, Latin America, as well as development partners and policymakers.
Porous Ceramics for Water Filtration
USAMI Undergraduate Fellows (Katie Camille Friedman and Ishani Sud) testing at Potters for Peach in Nicaragua
