Dr. Kenneth A. Pickar

Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering

E105: Product Design for the Developing World

United Nations World Water Development Report: Water for People, Water for Life PDF

                 Water-related development challenges and proposals

 

UNDP-World Bank Water and Sanitation Program: Making Rural Water Supply Sustainable PDF

                 The importance of creating demand-responsive water systems—reference for water projects

 

UNICEF Water, environment and sanitation programme: Index of publications HTML

                 Water resources

 

Water, Sanitation and Health, Department of Protection of the Human Environment

World Health Organization: Managing Water in the Home: Accelerated Health Gains from Improved Water Supply PDF          

Includes types of water treatment available

 

Peter Gleick: Dirty Water: Estimated Deaths from Water-Related Diseases 2000-2020 PDF
                 Study of deaths caused by contaminated water and extrapolation

 

B. Sommer et al. SODIS—an emerging water treatment process PDF

                 Overview of solar disinfection methods for water treatment

 

Safe Water Systems for the Developing World: A Handbook for Implementing

Household-Based Water Treatment and Safe Storage Projects. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention PDF
                 Focuses on chlorination treatment but includes overviews of other technologies

 

Mintz E, Bartram J, Lochery P, Wegelin M. Not Just a Drop in the Bucket: Expanding Access to Point-of-Use Water Treatment Systems. American Journal of Public

Health. October 1, 2001; 91 (10) PDF

 

 

Water

Readings

Contact Information:

Instructor: Ken Pickar, x4185
TA: Jeff Kranski