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Water Contamination: A Fatal Danger
By Tino Spiliotopoulos, Shane Insang, and Jianqi Zhang
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In April 2015, Nepal suffered a catastrophic earthquake
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The earthquake resulted in many deaths and the contamination of the country’s drinking water
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With the contaminated water, adults and kids have contract diseases such as hepatitis B, Salmonella, Giardia, and Cholera
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These people have died and more will also pay the price if the water contamination lasts
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Solution #1 Build filters
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Consequences of Solution #1
Will Cost a lot of money
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Solution #2 Boil the water
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Consequences Can rid the water of viruses, parasites, and bacteria but cant eliminate chemicals like filters can
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Engineer needed for Filter Solution
Civil Engineer Chemical Engineer Environmental Engineer
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Engineer Attributes Communication skills Mathematic skills
Responsibility Well-rounded team Good visualization Ability to mobilize people and materials
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Organizations American Society of Civil Engineers Water for People
Water Without Borders
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