Transcript Clean Water

Raising Awareness for Clean Water…
Penns Grove Rotary Club (Part 2b)
Ted Lands
Ocean City - Upper Township RC
Centennial President
Asst. Governor 2005-2008
District 7640 Clean Water Chairman
16 September 2010
$50/unit
BEFORE
Would you drink this??
AFTER
Scott and Cheryl demonstrate filter assembly
The team of Rotarians from NJ to Oregon gather outside our hotel
Scott & Cheryl transport filters from hotel to water taxi
The team prepares to get underway on our water taxi
The team enjoyed our daily 20 minute boat rides
Ted unloads filters from our water taxi
Patient and proud women await their filters
Scott unloads filters
Jorge explains the filter distribution process
Ownership begins with assembly
Filters assembled – Happy Owners
Escort owners to their homes
In home delivery
Community Health Education
• Along with providing safe water, we will
also promote hygiene education and
sanitation awareness first in the schools,
then in the homes of students, and finally
in the surrounding communities to
enhance program effectiveness.
Hand washing is a critical
element in the program
Assembling a new Cook stove
(70% less wood required & vented to outside)
Jorge (El Jeffe)
Typical home &
Open flame cooking
Medical Support
• Treat water-related diseases, such as
diarrheal diseases, anemia and
dehydration, among students, teachers
and community members, as needed.
• Create a community health center that
reinforces and supports our public health
initiatives over a three-year span.
Future site of Health Clinic
~$75/unit
Our Team at Lake Atitlan
No language barriers here
Sacred Maya site
Next “HANDS-ON” Opportunity
• Sept 25 – Oct 2, 2010
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$975 + Airfare
HHI & Fellow Rotarians
Spanish desired, but is not required
“Summer Camp” accommodations
Walk 6 miles/day at altitude
Taste local foods, music, & Maya culture
Wonderful people & appreciative communities
We went to help change and improve lives… they
changed and improved ours forever
– Helps us to appreciate what we have & take for granted
– Share your experience with others
Visiting the Water Filter Factory (Guatemala City)
Objectives
• Raise your personal awareness about
Clean Water
• Share some information:
– Water facts & figures
– ID some of our challenges, incl. NJ
– Impacts of water & sanitation on health
– Offer some of the solutions/resources
• Encourage your participation
Q&A
Water-Related issues
• CONSERVE & PROTECT Water Sources
– Improper sanitation & Contamination of water
• Chemical dumping & medications
– Nitrates in our surface & groundwater
• Hypoxia & Dead Zones
– Over-consumption, depletion of aquifers, salt water
intrusion
• Privatization of ground/surface Water resource$
• Bottled Water
– Plastics in our oceans and in our food chain
• Acidification of oceans, www.aseachange.net
Organizations to Collaborate
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Rotary Clubs & Districts
Heart to Heart International (NGOs)
Engineers Without Borders (Rowan Univ.)
Pure Water
– http://www.purewaterfortheworld.org/the-problem/
• World Bank Water & Sanitation Program
http://www.wsp.org/
• UNESCO
• Etc.
Amalgam - Discharges to Public
Sanitary Sewer
• Discharges into public sanitary sewers are regulated by
the Bureau of Pretreatment and Residuals. All dental
facilities subject to this regulation were required to
implement Best Management Practices, or BMPs, by
October 1, 2008, and must install an amalgam separator
that meets the ISO 11143 criteria by October 1, 2009.
Facilities that opened after October 1, 2007 shall
immediately install an amalgam separator. Each dental
facility subject to this regulation shall register and certify
compliance annually with the NJDEP.
Bottled water outsold milk in 2006
• NEW YORK — For the first time in US history, bottled
water outsold milk according to Beverage Digest, which
recently published US beverage sales results for 2006, a
May 4 story in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
• Also according to the industry newsletter, bottled water
came close to outselling beer as well.
• Average per capita consumption of bottled water went
from 11 gallons per year in 1996 to 21 gallons in 2006;
while milk consumption dropped about 3 gallons on
average per capita, the story said.
• Soft drink consumption dropped by about 1.1 gallons on
average per capita as well, but still outsold bottled water.
Bottled Water Facts
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Fact #1. Bottles used to package water take over 1,000 years to biodegrade and if incinerated, they produce toxic fumes. It is estimated that
over 80% of all single-use water bottles used in the U.S. simply become
"litter." Source: ValleyWater.org
Fact #2. Recycling is only feasible in limited circumstances because only
PET bottles can be recycled. All other bottles are discarded. Only 1 out of 5
bottles are sent to the recycle bin. Source: SunTimes
Fact #3. U.S. landfills are overflowing with 2 million tons of discarded water
bottles alone. Source: idswater.org
Fact #4. It takes over 1.5 million barrels of oil to meet the demand of U.S.
water bottle manufacturing. This amount of oil far exceeds the amount
needed to power 100,000 for a year, which does not include fossil fuel and
emissions costs of green house gases needed to transport the final product
to market. Source: SunTimes
Fact #5. It is estimated that actually 3 liters of water is used to package 1
liter of bottled water. Source: ValleyWater.org
Coca - Cola Admits That Dasani is Nothing But Tap Water
Bottle Water Contaminants
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The mix of contaminants and contamination levels were the same as in the local municipal water,
indicating that little had been done to further purify the water after it was taken from the tap.
By law, bottled water that comes from a municipal water supply has to disclose this on its label,
unless the bottler takes steps to further purify the water.
"Clearly, you would not expect to see the level of chemical that the samples had if the extra
purification had been done," Naidenko says.
Specifically, the investigators found that:
Five of the tested waters contained fluoride, six contained small amounts of the fertilizer ingredient
nitrate, and two contained the drug acetaminophen, sold as Tylenol.
Samples of the Sam's Choice water purchased at a San Francisco area Wal-Mart had levels of
the disinfection byproducts trihalomethanes that exceeded the California legal limit for these
chemicals.
Samples of the Sam's Choice brand also had higher-than-allowed levels of the chemical
bromodichloromethane, which is a known carcinogen.
Samples of Giant's Acadia brand water also had levels of the chemicals that exceeded California
safety standards, although the brand was sold only in mid-Atlantic states, where it met standards.
The report noted that levels of the chemicals in both waters also exceeded the bottled water
industry's voluntary safety standards.
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20081014/report-some-bottled-water-not-so-pure