The topic that I researched was supply of clean water. Many developing countries all over the world do not have any sources of clean water. People that live in these places are forced to drink and clean themselces with either dirty water or no water.This problem leads to two main problems, lack of drinking water, which causes many infections and diseases that can easily be passed on. And the other problem is that many of the people can not clean themselves which leads to easy spread of disease. About the 3.475m people are killed each year by this particular problem and many more are affected by it.

For the science behind the problem I reaserched the diseases and how to dilter water. Many people are able to water but it is rarely clean. There are many filters and different types solutions that filter water. A main way that people filter water today is by heat but it is very hard to provide all the families in a town or village with a machine that can heat the water enough to filter out most of the small bacteria. Also I researched the diseases that one can attain from using thse water resources.Big infections such as intestinal parasites, and diarrhea kill the most. I researched different symptoms, causes and cures.

For my local solutions I did two things to help the problem. At first I posted little flyers next to mirrors in bathrooms giving a few facts about clean water and what the reader can do in his or her everday life to help out. Also I left my email address for those willing to donate money to build a well. My second solution was to put a box to collect soda can tabs. When recycling soda can tabs the water pollution is decreased in addtion to raising the awareness about the problem and receiving money for recycling that goes to a foundation that builds wells in Africa.

Any body can help this problem in their lives. For example just turning of the water while brushing your teeth will save more water than people in developing countries can get to drink for two days. Same goes for taking shorter showers. Showers take up a lot of water, but if one quickly cleans up then the water waste can go down by a lot. Also people can out of rain buckets to collect rain water so that they can re-use to water the garden.

Is this proble global? Even though this problem occurs mostly in developing countries it has happened in many other developed countries. Also helping the world is helping everyone so I do think it is in the world’s hands to help these countries. Since it costs from 500 to 1200 dollars to build a well it is in the hands of rich companies, organizations and countries to help build these wells.

Overall this problem is easily treatable but it takes time and patience to help these countries.