1. EWF – Water Supply Proposal Spring 2003 Presented by: Meaghan O’Neil Amy Pickering Martin Kistenmacher

2. Gravity Water Supply Design

3. Background Background Water For People: WFP Water For People: WFP Mission, community Mission, community Provide clean water and sanitation Provide clean water and sanitation Documentation of completed projects Documentation of completed projects Current design tool Current design tool No standard design procedure No standard design procedure Hard coded values: difficult to modify Hard coded values: difficult to modify Introduction

4. Introduction (cont.) Improvements Improvements Standardized design Standardized design Set inputs, automated calculations Set inputs, automated calculations More user-friendly More user-friendly Benefits: Water For People, Engineers, Cornell students Benefits: Water For People, Engineers, Cornell students Work Plan and Team Organization Work Plan and Team Organization Assigned tasks Assigned tasks Responsible team member Responsible team member Schedule: task deadlines Schedule: task deadlines

5. Objectives Create a technical spreadsheet to be used in designing rural water supply systems: Create a technical spreadsheet to be used in designing rural water supply systems: Standardized Standardized User friendly User friendly Easily modified Easily modified

6. Anticipated Benefits How How optimize cost/materials (more efficient) optimize cost/materials (more efficient) universal (easy to use) universal (easy to use) improved results (more accurate and extensive) improved results (more accurate and extensive) Who Who Engineers Engineers Water for People Water for People EWF/Future Students EWF/Future Students

7. Background Water For People Water For People History History Safe Drinking Water Safe Drinking Water Spreadsheets Spreadsheets EWF EWF Design Tool Design Tool

8. Work Plan: Tasks to be Completed 1. Review and understand the spreadsheets that are currently available to us 2. Decide: Make modifications or start from scratch? 3. Create actual spreadsheet design tool 4. Test the spreadsheet with various data

9. Work Plan (cont.) 5. Maintain communication with NGO’s, asking questions and getting feedback 6. Document the creation process, producing a guide that describes how to use the tool 7. Predict possible challenges, modify plan if necessary 8. Create Final Report

10. Project Planning/Schedule

11. Team Organization Water Supply Systems – Dr. M. Weber-Shirk Water Supply Systems – Dr. M. Weber-Shirk Hydraulics Hydraulics Spreadsheet Design Spreadsheet Design James Berg, Dawn Sedorovich, Lindsay Ellis, Tracy Wise, Meaghan O’Neil, Amy Pickering, Jen Talotta, and Stephanie Arbelovsky James Berg, Dawn Sedorovich, Lindsay Ellis, Tracy Wise, Meaghan O’Neil, Amy Pickering, Jen Talotta, and Stephanie Arbelovsky Spanish Spanish Dawn Sedorovich, Meaghan O’Neil, Leah de Riel, Luke Miller Dawn Sedorovich, Meaghan O’Neil, Leah de Riel, Luke Miller Capital Budgeting Capital Budgeting Leah de Riel, Luke Miller, and James Berg Leah de Riel, Luke Miller, and James Berg Technical Writing Technical Writing Kelly Saikkonen, Leah de Riel, and Tracy Wise Kelly Saikkonen, Leah de Riel, and Tracy Wise

12. Resources Water for People Water for People Agua Para El Pueblo Agua Para El Pueblo 12 Engineering Students 12 Engineering Students Cornell – Cornell – academic resources academic resources Expert advisors Expert advisors Computer/software access Computer/software access Lab space Lab space

13. The Joy of Water