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Current & Future Research
In the end of December 2013, The World Bank and Indian Government have launched $1billion rural water and sanitation project for low income states.The onset of the project signified the fundamental need for different approaches in designing water supply system for small villages.
Fall 2014 Village Supply System team is divided into three sub teams: Distribution System Design, Household Infrastructure, and Pump Design. Based on what CEE 4540 Fall 2013 teams have explored, each sub team aims to come up with more applicable village supply system that shall meet the expectation of the World Bank and the Indian government's rural water and sanitation project for low income states. In order to reflect the need of Indian villages, the team will actively have conversation with our partners in India about the growth and equity targets. Also, the team will utilize resource inventories such Google Earth to incorporate objective data of the area.
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Distribution System Design:
Keeping four core standards–cost, efficiency, equity, and convenience, the Distribution System Design team will create a generalized algorithm for supplying treated ground water to each household.
Household Infrastructure Subteam:
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