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1 Water Contamination: A Fatal Danger
By Tino Spiliotopoulos, Shane Insang, and Jianqi Zhang

2 In April 2015, Nepal suffered a catastrophic earthquake

3 The earthquake resulted in many deaths and the contamination of the country’s drinking water

4 With the contaminated water, adults and kids have contract diseases such as hepatitis B, Salmonella, Giardia, and Cholera

5 These people have died and more will also pay the price if the water contamination lasts

6 Solution #1 Build filters

7 Consequences of Solution #1
Will Cost a lot of money

8 Solution #2 Boil the water

9 Consequences Can rid the water of viruses, parasites, and bacteria but cant eliminate chemicals like filters can

10 Engineer needed for Filter Solution
Civil Engineer Chemical Engineer Environmental Engineer

11 Engineer Attributes Communication skills Mathematic skills
Responsibility Well-rounded team Good visualization Ability to mobilize people and materials

12 Organizations American Society of Civil Engineers Water for People
Water Without Borders


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