LIFESTRAW WATER PURIFIER A. Product benefits for the consumers (IRIN‚ 2008; Frandsen‚ 2013) 1. The product can filter at least 264 gallons of water 2. Reduce water turbidity with 0.2 micros 3. Remove 99.9% waterborne bacteria 4. Remove 99.9% protozoan cysts 5. Remove 98.7% waterborne viruses 6. Easy to carry and use B. Production cost is $4 per unit (IRIN 2008) C. Product targeting consumers 1. The primary targeting group is poor to high middle class people who live in rural areas 2. The
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as it has proven for the last 30 years of serving the public. Another problem is the quality of water that is served in areas especially in urban areas‚ water quality does not meet the standards set by the national government. As a result‚ waterborne diseases remain a severe
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consequences due to the lack of it. In affluent Western cultures‚ feces flushes away with the flick of a lever and is forgotten. In Haiti‚ the residents are not so lucky. There’s an ever-present danger of contracting a life-threatening illness or disease from waterborne pathogens‚ due to s poorly placed toilets seeping human waste into the water table. After observing the toll on human lives‚ she’s trying to change that and how Haitians regard their waste. Based on the idea that people regardless of their
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access to it in developing or poor countries‚ and sometimes‚ clean water is unavailable even in developed countries in emergency situations. One of the greatest dangers after a natural disaster is waterborne diseases‚ such as the Guinea worm. In 1986‚ 3.5 million people were infected with Guinea worm disease just in South Asia and West Africa alone. In the world today‚ 783 million people currently do not have access to clean water. All countries have everyday natural disasters‚ which is often when
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Chlorination is the process of adding the element chlorine to water as a method of water purification to make it fit for human consumption as drinking water. Water which has been treated with chlorine is effective in preventing the spread of waterborne disease. Water quality refers to the physical‚ chemical and biological characteristics of water. It is a measure of the condition of water relative to the requirements of one or more biotic species and or to any human need or purpose. It is most frequently
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The Burden of Thirst If the millions of women who haul water long distances had a faucet by their door‚ whole societies could be transformed. By Tina Rosenberg Aylito Binayo’s feet know the mountain. Even at four in the morning she can run down the rocks to the river by starlight alone and climb the steep mountain back up to her village with 50 pounds of water on her back. She has made this journey three times a day for nearly all her 25 years. So has every other woman in her village of Foro
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contaminated water. Now imagine giving that same contaminated water to your child. II. The Relevance: 880 million people lack access to clean drinking water. 4‚100 people die every day from waterborne diseases‚ most of them children under the age of 5. 1 child dies every 21 seconds because of water related disease. (citation#1 World Health Organization) III. The credibility: From my own charitable work and the research I have done I know you also will want to participate in the Water is Life project
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There are all other opinions on the nomenclature of some of the streptococci in the identification systems in the UK and USA. There are now 99 known species of Streptococcus‚ and many of these are related with disease in humans and animals (Thompson et al.‚ 2013). Streptococci are Gram positive cocci (spherical or ovoid) that most of the time occur in pairs and chains. Streptococci are facultatively anaerobic and catalase negative (Hardie‚ 1986). Carbohydrates
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Conturno Julizees Malabar INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Drinking water is a basic human need‚ including food‚ shelter and clothing. The lack of safe drinking water is a leading cause of mortality‚ especially in local communities where waterborne diseases are persistent due to low quality surface source waters. Appropriate treatment technology can render this poor water resource into safe potable water; however‚ conventional technology may not be appropriate for those communities in terms of
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AUDIT METHODOLOGY A systematic environmental audit consists of 3 main stages: Pre-Audit On-site Audit Post Audit All 3 stages need to be fulfil in order to complete the audit procedure on water quality management which to ensure clean water is to be preserved to be consumed by the end user. Pre-Audit Pre-audit is the first step in the audit procedure. During a pre-audit‚ a company or individual’s financial documents are examined to ensure that all information is correct before the company or individual
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