tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185058420 2008-03-21 17:40:06 -0400 H2O-1B <p>Tens of millions of people in Asia are affected by arsenic contaminated groundwater. A partnership between MIT and ENPHO, a Nepali environmental NGO, have invented and widely disseminated the Kanchan Arsenic Filter in Nepal. New work is taking this filter to Bangladesh and Cambodia. This video shows the successful implementation of the Kanchan with financial support from <a href="http://www.globalwatertrust.org/" target="_blank">Global Water Trust</a>.</p> <p>To find out more information on this, click <a href="http://web.mit.edu/watsan/" target="_blank">here</a>. </p> <p>This video is an excerpt from ARSENIC: The Largest Mass Poisoning in History. Produced by <a href="http://www.globalwatertrust.org/" target="_blank">Global Water Trust</a> all rights reserved 2008.</p> 901 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185028360 2008-03-25 11:11:35 -0400 H2O-1B The MIT Nepal Water Project - 1st days of first year's clean water in the developing world field study. 606 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185008720 2008-07-14 13:51:06 -0400 H2O-1B The CNN series "Innovators" spotlights MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Senior Lecturer Susan Murcott and her work to bring clean water to developing countries. It highlights the innovation of the Kanchan [Note: Kanchan should have superscript TM and should be in italics if you can do that] Arsenic Filter, which she, together with a team of Nepali partners and a former student, Tommy Ngai, invented in 2002. The Kanchan [italics] filter removes both arsenic and microbial contamination from drinking water is one example of the pioneering work she and others are engaged in - the design and dissemination of household drinking water treatment and safe storage systems - a new cluster of innovative technologies to bring safe water to people everywhere. See also: <a href="http://web.mit.edu/watsan">http://web.mit.edu/watsan</a> 237 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/184984900 2008-01-22 15:48:43 -0500 MIT Video Productions In Nepal, one in ten children die before the age of five. Preventable water-borne diseases are the leading cause of childhood death. This statistic is shocking for those of us in the West who take clean water for granted. The Nepal Water Project came about when the plight of Nepali children was brought to the attention of Susan Murcott, Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Masters of Engineering Program. <p>In response, Susan organized a team of seven Masters of Engineering students to assess the water quality of selected urban and rural locations in Nepal and to recommend point-of-use household water treatment methods to decrease the incidence of waterborne diseases. The team spent the 1999-2000 academic year studying this subject as their thesis project. They spent three weeks during January 20000 in the Terai and Hill region of Nepal collecting and analyzing water samples, evaluating water treatment methods, and investigating water supply systems and water culture in Nepal.</p><p>This story takes place in village of Kusadevi, Kavre District. Three MIT students in the water treatment group, Kim Luu, Junko Sagara and Amer Khayyat, appear in the video. The group demonstrated treatment options and obtained feedback from local women sanitation workers.</p> 161 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/184938820 2009-06-16 16:14:47 -0400 MIT Public Service Center Videos Sadik Antwi-Boampong ’09 participated in the MIT Public Service Fellowship program. Sadik established the Nsutaman Community Library, the only library in the town of Nsuta, Ghana. Sadik convinced Books for Africa to donate 7,000 books and two computers to the library. Next, he negotiated with a member of Parliament to donate and renovate a building to house the library. Sadik subsequently arranged for students at the nearby university to cover library shifts and build shelves. Sadik was anointed with the honorary title of Development Chief responsible for Student Affairs in January 2008 at the official opening of the library. 164