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    This document summarizes a course on desalination and water purification from MIT OpenCourseWare. It discusses that over 1.7 billion people lack access to safe drinking water and that contaminated water leads to 10 million deaths annually. Surface and ground water sources are often polluted with chemicals like arsenic, nitrites, nitrates, and salts. Desalination and water purification techniques aim to address water quality issues and their health impacts like high blood pressure and kidney/liver problems. The document uses Haiti as an example case, noting its poverty, low access to safe water, and deforestation rates. It encourages considering resource and skill constraints when designing solutions.

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    This document summarizes a course on desalination and water purification from MIT OpenCourseWare. It discusses that over 1.7 billion people lack access to safe drinking water and that contaminated water leads to 10 million deaths annually. Surface and ground water sources are often polluted with chemicals like arsenic, nitrites, nitrates, and salts. Desalination and water purification techniques aim to address water quality issues and their health impacts like high blood pressure and kidney/liver problems. The document uses Haiti as an example case, noting its poverty, low access to safe water, and deforestation rates. It encourages considering resource and skill constraints when designing solutions.

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    This document summarizes a course on desalination and water purification from MIT OpenCourseWare. It discusses that over 1.7 billion people lack access to safe drinking water and that contaminated water leads to 10 million deaths annually. Surface and ground water sources are often polluted with chemicals like arsenic, nitrites, nitrates, and salts. Desalination and water purification techniques aim to address water quality issues and their health impacts like high blood pressure and kidney/liver problems. The document uses Haiti as an example case, noting its poverty, low access to safe water, and deforestation rates. It encourages considering resource and skill constraints when designing solutions.

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    This document summarizes a course on desalination and water purification from MIT OpenCourseWare. It discusses that over 1.7 billion people lack access to safe drinking water and that contaminated water leads to 10 million deaths annually. Surface and ground water sources are often polluted with chemicals like arsenic, nitrites, nitrates, and salts. Desalination and water purification techniques aim to address water quality issues and their health impacts like high blood pressure and kidney/liver problems. The document uses Haiti as an example case, noting its poverty, low access to safe water, and deforestation rates. It encourages considering resource and skill constraints when designing solutions.

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    2.500 Desalination and Water Purification


    Spring 2009

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    2.500 Desalination
    March 5, 2009

    Water Issues
    1.7 billion people
    without access to safe
    drinking water
    10 million deaths
    annually
    90% of infant deaths in
    developing countries

    Water Issues
    Surface water sources
    are extremely polluted

    Water Issues
    Ground water provides
    a safer alternative
    Chemicals leach into
    the water supply
    arsenic
    nitrites and nitrates
    salts

    Health Impacts
    High blood pressure
    Kidney stones, gall stones etc.
    Vision disorders

    Phaeton, Haiti

    Phaeton and Paulette

    Courtesy of the CIA Factbook.

    Some facts about Haiti


    Poorest country in the Western Hemisphere
    148th in HDI (of 179)
    Second oldest republic in the Western
    Hemisphere (1804)
    Only successful slave revolt leading to
    independence
    Defeated Napoleon

    53% have access to


    safe water
    54% live on less than
    $1/day
    GNI/capita = $440
    Rural population density
    = 664 (/km2)
    Annual deforestation
    rate = 5.7%
    Energy use/capita =
    270 (kg oil equiv)

    100% have access to


    safe water
    <1% live on less than
    $1/day
    GNI/capita = $35,400
    Rural population density
    = 37 (/km2)
    Annual deforestation rate
    = -0.2%
    Energy use/capita =
    7,996 (kg oil equiv)

    Workshops of the World

    McMaster Carr??

    Dont overestimate the


    availability of materials
    Dont underestimate the sill
    off the craftsmen

    Questions

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