[미국] CA 고등학생, 식수 수질 향상을 위해 멕시코 견학

노동절 주 동안 고등학생으로 구성된 그룹이 지역 물 시설과 빈곤한 지역의 식수 수질 향상을 돕기 위해 멕시코 중앙으로 견학을 간다고 밝혔다.

Peninsula Sunrise Rotary Foundation 프로젝트는 H2OpenDoors가 후원하고 캘리포니아 레드우드 시티를 기반으로 한다. 프로젝트 책임자 Jon Kaufman에 따르면 레드우드 고등학교의 학생 4명, 선생 1명, 우드사이드 고등학교의 학생 6명, 선생 1명과 로터리 클럽의 회원과 친구로 구성된 그룹은 멕시코로 견학을 갈 예정이다.

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During Labor Day week, a group of high school students will travel to Central Mexico to tour local water facilities and help improve drinking water quality for an impoverished district.

The endeavor is supported by H2OpenDoors, the project of Peninsula Sunrise Rotary Foundation based in Redwood City, Calif. According to Jon Kaufman, director of the project, four students and a teacher from Redwood High and six students and a teacher from Woodside High, along with Rotarians and friends, will journey to the location.

"The first three days will be spent in Ciudad Guzman in Jalisco State where we will install a SunSpring water purification system at a community center in a very poor district of the city," said Kaufman. Ciudad Guzman is a sister city to Redwood City. Around 4,000 people receive water from the city water system that is highly chlorinated and undrinkable.

This population center currently spends 10 pesos per liter on bottled water each day. "That is about 77 cents, or over US$1,000,000 per year on bottled water," said Kaufman. "This astounding burden on the very poor will be alleviated with the SunSpring, which can purify over 20,000 liters per day from virtually any contaminated water source."

SunSprings are solar- and wind-powered water purification plants that require no electricity or fuel and remove all bacteria, viruses and other contaminants using membrane technology. With a design life of over 10 years, they require only one hour of downtime for simple maintenance procedures each month. Manufactured in Rocky Ford, Colo., by Innovative Water Technologies, the systems are operational within three hours.

Following the installation, the students will be given a tour of the city government, including the metropolitan water company facilities, which serve over 110,000 residents. Jose Luis Orozco Aldana, mayor of the city, will serve as host for the expedition and has directed a water fiesta to be held to celebrate the installation.

H2OpenDoors installed systems in Northern Thailand and Tacloban, Philippines in 2013, and will be bringing a unit to a large clinic in central Guatemala in December of 2014.

[출처 = Water World / 2014년 8월 5일]