Projects

Aral Region Water Filtration

In late March, I joined a team of local environmental engineers and organizers on a project to support access to clean water in the Aral Region of western Uzbekistan.

Overview

The following table describes the activities conducted at each of the 4 schools we visited:

School Site

Lessons

Student Projects

Water Survey

Filter Installation

Kegeyli 12-mektep

✔

✔

✔

✔

Kegeyli 41-mektep

✔

✔

✔

Muynoq 1-mektep

✔

(Previously installed)

Qonliqol 7-mektep

✔

✔

In total, we worked with 131 students across 4 schools and provided clean drinking water to over 2,500 members of the schools’ respective communities.

Water Survey

During our visit, I conducted a series of surveys involving 65 students, 3 schools, and 5 households. Across the localities, the surveys showed that communities consumed most (83%) of water through crop irrigation for a total average of 550 liters per day. Excluding irrigation, washing clothes (by hand or via electronic machine) took up the second largest category. Overall, excluding farming, 94 liters of water were consumed on average per person per day, a value over half of the global average.