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The design includes collection of the runoff with French drains and rock channels and conveyance of the water through a culvert with discharge down-gradient of affected houses. In the spring of 2022, the team analyzed erosion problems for Greenwood Hills Bible Camp near Chambersburg PA and designed a system to capture and divert the runoff that is causing erosion. The stormwater team addresses flooding and erosion issues. Pug lover, Christ-follower, runner and peanut butter enthusiast.Īlyssa Burd is a sophomore journalism who hails from the beautiful land of Hess 1st.Stormwater Management for Greenwood Hills Bible CampĪbigail Bartels, Caleb J. We’re just privileged to be a part of it.”įor more information on the IWP at Messiah, go to. “At the end of the day, the real heroes are organizations like World Vision and Water4, who are out there every day drilling wells, making relationships with communities, teaching health and sanitation.

Whether at home or abroad, organizations are stepping up to provide improved water quality and Beers is one of the first to acknowledge their hard work. Another is a Presidential Memorandum and Action Plan to improve drought resilience in the United States. One is investing $4 billion in private capital in water-infrastructure projects. To seek new solutions, the White House listed some commitments to improving water quality throughout the country. The drought in the West, flooding in the Southeast and the water-quality crisis in Flint, MI are just a few of the problems facing communities in the United States today. In a fact sheet titled “Working Together to Build a Sustainable Water Future” the White House’s Office of the Press Secretary outlined some water issues currently impacting the United States. The goal for the IWP is to not have people travel long or wait for water but to improve their lives with the improved access to water,” sophomore Sandra Snozzi, IWP’s student project manager said. “In order to access a valuable resource, people have to travel longer and wait longer for pump repairs to be able to obtain water. The World Health Organization says 3.4 million people die each year from water-related diseases.

Senior Collaboratory member, Jacquelyn Young tests one of the systems on a water pump in Africa.Ĭlean water is certainly an issue that needs to be addressed. “We’re hoping to change that and allow them to have a reliable source of clean drinking water.” “They’ll go and drink unsafe water, or they’ll travel miles and miles, and that can interfere with people’s education, health and even just what they’re doing in their lives business-wise,” she continued. Young said some communities are ashamed when water pumps break because they think they caused the malfunction. “What we want to do is to put information in the hands of the people who can make a difference every single day.”

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“Once on the web page, organizations like World Vision, who install and maintain the pumps, can see which pumps are performing well and which pumps require maintenance,” Beers said.

The data from the messages is then sent via the Internet to a database at Messiah where it’s posted on the Intelligent Water web page. Information about each pump is collected and sent as a text message to an SMS receiving service. Project Manager Tony Beers explained IWP’s system, which consists of a set of sensors mounted on rural hand pumps. From those three things, we can basically let people know whether the pump is dead, needs repairs or is in working condition,” senior Collaboratory member Jacquelyn Young said. “Our system tests for prime time, leak rate and how much water people are actually using. That information is then transferred to IWP’s web page so organizations can check the status of a pump. The panel on the back of a pump sends information via text message to a database located at Messiah.

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