Meeting Time
Tuesday 6PM
Project Description
Downtown Phoenix, a desert city with 120° days and little to no rain for months at a time, can leave even the most experienced citizens dehydrated and desperate for shelter. The unhoused community in Downtown Phoenix lacks the amenities for property sanitation and hydration year-round. For upwards of 10,000 people, living through the deadly Phoenix summers without adequate shelter has left them particularly vulnerable to both dehydration and heat-induced illnesses. City officials have tried to combat this by providing the homeless one-time-use plastic water bottles. While this initiative provides instantaneous relief to a pressing situation, it can be expensive and inefficient. We will be working with Amy Schwabenlender as our community partner to develop the Hydration Station – a design that will sanitize and refill reusable plastic water bottles.