A

response

to

the

fact

that

current

technologies

for

cleaning

water

are

unavailable

to

the

majority

of

those

who

still

need

clean,

safe

water.

Learning

from

the

GNU

/

Linux

open-source

model

for

computer

software

and

adapting

that

open

source

model

for

engineering

design.

Committed

to

creating

design

tools

that

will

make

it

possible

for

engineers

in

the

Global

South

to

build

municipal

scale

drinking

water

treatment

plants.

This

engineering

design

service

is

available

here

on

our

website.

We

are

committed

to

providing

this

service

free

of

charge

in

the

hope

that

Implementation

Partners

will

be

able

to

use

it

to

leverage

increased

funding

for

improving

drinking

water

infrastructure

in

the

Global

South.

Open-handed,

shared

freely,

published

rather

than

patented,

empowering

rather

than

controlling.

A

hope

that

by

opening

the

gates

of

knowledge,

fewer

communities

will

resort

to

building

untested

technologies

that

all

too

often

become

the

white

elephants

that

litter

the

landscape

in

the

Global

South.