Afghanistan: Tenkiv Nexus Uses Solar to Clean Water in Afghanistan

Jan 11, 2017 | Tom Spendlove, Engineering.com
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The team at Tenkiv Nexus says that the average person needs five liters of water a day to survive, and ten liters a day for basic hygiene and cooking. Approximately one billion people on earth don’t have access to that clean water. Lack of access to clean water accounts for 1000 child deaths every day, and the team wanted to help fix this issue. Current water purification methods for groundwater were costly and required infrastructure investment. Working with the Afghan Development Association, the Tenkiv team is trying to change water purification methods, and running a Kickstarter campaign to receive initial funding.