Activity 2 Clean Water

Purpose/ Background of the Activity

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The purpose of this project is to give the people of Makurdi, Nigeria sanitary, reliable, and safe water to use for consumption. The problem of unsanitary water has plagued this region for many years and hopefully our efforts will resolve the problem found in this region. We feel it is necessary to provide safe water in order to improve the quality of life found in the region today. s of today the life e!pectancy of the male population is "# years and "$ for females with an infant mortality rate of %#&'%$&(. )urrently the percent of the population affected with *+, stands at -.#( and this is contributed to poor living conditions as well as the culture of the people who believe in multiple partner relationships. +t is important to include many people and some from a distance because while Makurdi may possess some or most of the resources they may not have the financial or intellectual capital and e!perience to get projects such as this off the ground.

Part One )ustomer .society/ The people of Makurdi, Nigeria need a way to obtain clean water, but the process to supply this essential necessity must be relatively cheap to obtain due to e!treme poverty conditions found in the area. Many projects have been started to supply the people of the region that haven0t been completed and many deaths occur each year due to consumption of what local call dirty water. +t is common for anyone in the region to know someone who has died from drinking water that wasn0t safe for consumption (1). Water is supplied to the region from the 1enue 2iver, but over the years this river has been e!tremely polluted. 3!amples is garbage being dumped into the river as well as raw sewage. 4or the households that do receive public water, the conditions aren0t much better. Many of the water treatment plants located in the city are well outdated and not properly maintained (2). nother condition plaguing the city system is contaminated pipes that cause the people consuming the water to become ill.

5roduct 6esign and 4unction 3!planation The material chosen are 5,) pipes delivering the water by pump to a water storage facility. There it is cleaned by dilute chlorine tablets. The water is hand pumped to and from the facility. The dome of the water storage facility is clear for two sustainable reasons. %./ The sun provides the light for the workers to see and work the small facility and so no power is needed. 7./ The solar radiation also helps to purify water as well. The location of Makurdi is very close to the equator where solar radiation is more concentrated. The average temperature in Makurdi is 874.
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The new small plant does not require electric energy, though that can be implemented at a later date through electronic pumps and filtration if desired. Nigeria, though a third world country isn0t completely without resources. +ndustries include9 :crude oil, coal, tin, columbite; palm oil, peanuts, cotton, rubber, wood; hides and skins, te!tiles, cement and other construction materials, food products, footwear, chemicals, fertili<er, printing, ceramics, steel, small commercial ship construction and repair.= (4) Natural resources include9 :natural gas, petroleum, tin, columbite, iron ore, coal, limestone, lead, <inc, arable land=. (4) 5roduct 6rawings and 5rototype +mages >ee ne!t page.

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?verview9 Water is brought in to chamber % via 5,) pipe in the water treatment facility. +t is treated here by solar radiation via clear dome@roof as well as chlorine in chamber two. The toothpicks represent hand pumps local cans use to bring the water to them from chamber #. The straws represent buried pvp pipes and the toothpicks are hand pumps spread out throughout an area.

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)hamber % is dirty water. valve lets the water flow to chamber 7 where it receives chlorine treatment. The treated water flows to chamber # by another valve between chambers 7 and # where water is ready to be pumped out to residents. This allows more dirty water to flow from chamber % to chamber 7. The entire time due to the clear ceiling and being close the equator allows solar radiation to help clean the water as well as light the interior for the workers to do the valve work.

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Part Two Manufacturing 1usiness +nformation ffordable Water AA) *eadquartered in 5ikeville BC with a remote site in Makurdi.

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ffordable Water manufactures a cheap and easy to assemble water screen filtering product that goes on the ends of the 5,) pipes that keeps grass, insects, paper and other debris out of the facility. 5rocesses include9 )utting of nylon and polyester mesh filtering. 2olls of nylon and polyester mesh filtering are the primary material used. These are placed on our machine to roll out on the conveyor belt. ?rders are placed using a computer system that basically acts on lean Banban. s each roll is scanned by bar code for use, it is decremented in the system by %. t a predetermined level a report is auto emailed to inventory control. +f the email does not come at an anticipated interval, the level are checked and adjustments can be made. This allow us to keep costs low using Dust +n Time principles. ?ur floor design@layout9

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Aocations

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ffordable Waters home office is located in 5ikeville, By. This location was chosen based due to its close pro!imity to major highways .2t. 7#/ thus making the transportation of our finished products easy. +n 5ikeville, By. our main manufacturing plant consists of one main structure that houses both the manufacturing aspect of the business as well as all management@corporate offices. This facility is a -&,&&& square feet building purchased from a bankrupt company for E7"&,&&&. 6ue to many of the customers of ffordable Water being oversees and not just in Nigeria, a second property was purchased in Makurdi, Nigeria. property consisting of $&,&&& square feet was bought in the city of Makurdi for a price of E$",&&&. This second location houses offices for management as well as all manufacturing activities.

6emographics The population of Makurdi, Nigeria is "&&,F-F and the major ethnic groups are the Tiv, +doma and +gede. (5) There are no current male to female ratios as the last census was taken in %--$. ?ne factor that was taken into consideration was the unemployment rate of Makurdi which is %-.F( (6) There is severe malnutrition among the school children living in Makurdi, Nigeria, as most of the children are underweight, stunted and thinned. 5erhaps, education concerning environmental sanitation and personal hygienic practices, proper child rearing, breast'feeding and weaning practices tailored to the community in this region would possibly reverse the trends. (7) The paper found that "F.8( of the respondents earn less than N%&,&&& .E$7."&/ (8) a month which made it difficult for them to afford decent houses. Makurdi has a number of options for education but many cannot afford to go such as9 1enue >tate Gniversity, Makurdi, )olleges of 3ducation at Batsina' la and ?ju, kperan,

?rshi )ollege of griculture in Makurdi. >chools of Nursing and Midwifery in Makurdi. 4ederal Hovernment )ollege, ,andeikya, Gniversity of griculture, Makurdi, 4ederal Technical >chool, ?tukpo

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2eferences %. meto kpe. .Danuary %7, 7&%7/. 5ulit<er )enter ?n )risis 2eporting. +n Nigeria9 Waiting for Water on the 1anks of the 1enue . 2etrieved March 7&, 7&%I, from http9@@pulit<ercenter.org@reporting@nigeria'makurdi'benue'river'sanitation'drinking'water' planning'governance'system 7. .No date listed/. >piritans ?nline. +n Nigeria. 2etrieved March 7&, 7&%I, from http9@@www.spiritan.org@worldwide@nig.html #. None listed. .No date listed/. Makurdi, Nigeria. +n Weatherbase. 2etrieved March 7&, 7&%I, from http9@@www.weatherbase.com@weather@weather.php#JsK%F7"$LcitynameKMakurdi'Nigeria I. None listed. .No date listed/. Nigeria. +n +nfoplease. 2etrieved March 7&, 7&%I, from http9@@www.infoplease.com@country@nigeria.htmlJpagenoK%&." ". None listed. .No date listed/. Makurdi. +n Tourist Aink. 2etrieved March 7&, 7&%I, from http9@@www.touristlink.com@nigeria@makurdi@overview.html. $. None listed. .Dune ", 7&%&/. Gnemployment rate in Nigeria at %-.F percent ' %& million Nigerians unemployed at March, 7&&-. +n Nigeria 3!change News. 2etrieved March 7I, 7&%I, from http9@@www.nge!.com@news@public@newsinfo.phpJnidK8-7". F. 6aniel T Hoon. .November 7&%%/. nthropometrically determined nutritional status of urban primary schoolchildren in Makurdi, Nigeria. +n 1M) 5ublic *ealth. 2etrieved March 7", 7&%I, from http9@@www.biomedcentral.com@%IF%'7I"8@%%@F$8. Veronica ?nu Grban 2esidential *ousing and Aow +ncome 3arners9 Metropolis, 1enue >tate, Nigeria. 3uropean >cientific Dournal. http9@@eujournal.org@inde!.php@esj@article@view4ile@$I8@F%& >tudy of Makurdi

-. None listed. .7&%#/. 1enue >tate, Nigeria. +n Nge! Nigeria. 2etrieved March 7F, 7&%I, from http9@@www.nge!.com@nigeria@places@states@benue.htm

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