Meeting Time
Wednesday 7PM
Project Description
Noah Okidia and the community of Bondo, Kenya lack a clean and reliable source of drinking water. We hope to design a compact coconut husk-based water filtration system featuring a mechanical coconut husk remover, pyrolysis device that will help carbonize coconut husk into activated charcoal, a portable water collection device featuring all terrain wheels, a 31-gallon water storage tank, and a hand pump for long-distance water collection, and a PVC piping system that will hold the multi-layered filtration device that will contain coconut husk, activated charcoal, gravel, and other naturally abundant materials from the region. With a growing population and an increase in water pollution, doing this will increase access to clean water for over 2,000 community members.
We hope to continue to improve the water accessibility challenge in Naki and Bondo, Kenya, by implementing a new compact water filtration solution that eliminates the need for long water gathering trips. Having access to clean water helps increase available time to be spent on education, reduces sickness, and improves overall quality of life.