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They do not constitute professional consultation and require the examination and evaluation by a certified engineer through any product development process. All materials are composed by students of Messiah University and are not certified by any means. The work presented in this document has been provided solely for educational and edification purposes. The system for Kijabe is in the initial stage of communicating with the client on specifics for the design.

The system for Oaxaca is ready for implementation and awaits availability to travel.

VWOS is partnering with Forward Edge International for the third time (Nicaragua 2009 and Mexico 2016) to design water treatment systems for communities in Oaxaca, Mexico and Kijabe, Kenya. The team hopes to design a system that will disinfect the water, remove salinity from the well water with a safe and efficient disposal of all byproducts, and decrease corrosion agents. coli and other bacteria and contain high levels of salt that cause the water to be unhealthy, distasteful, and corrosive to metal equipment in the system.

The wells on the island are contaminated with E. The Village Water Ozonation System (VWOS) team’s core mission statement is to provide economically sustainable and culturally sensitive drinking water solutions for communities, to empower communities with the ability to properly maintain their drinking water supply, and to transform people’s lives by decreasing the occurrences of waterborne diseases.Ĭurrently, the VWOS team is partnering with Friends in Action to design and implement two drinking water treatment systems for the community living on Rama Cay, an island in the Bluefields Lagoon on the eastern coastline of Nicaragua.
