The project

The scope of the project is threefold:

• A technical optimal filtration process will be devised using know-how from Western high tech companies that are involved in the project.
• A water filter will be developed with a long life span suitable for the African context and its users, with a capacity of 20 to 30 liters of clean drinking water per day.
• A plan will be made for production, sales, distribution and marketing that will be developed further and implemented by foundation Connect International.

The aim

The goal of the project is to bring a cheap water filter to the market with high quality, to provide the poorest families of Tanzania and other African countries with clean drinking water, to prevent many health problems. Eventually the product should become competitive with other alternatives on the market. By then millions will be sold throughout Africa.

Millennium Development Goals

For the year 2015 the United Nations have set a number of ambitious objectives. One of these objectives is:

“Protection of the environment, clean drinking water for everyone and less people in slums”.

The aim of the project "Water for Tanzania", is to contribute to this millennium development goal by providing more people with clean drinking water.

Approach

The project will be executed by 5 students during a period of 5 months. The project will begin with a preliminary analysis in the Netherlands. During this period knowledge from TU Delft, Western companies, Connect International and its Dutch counterpart organizations will be collected.

After the preliminary analysis the team will go to Tanzania to conduct a research about the context and the future user of the water filter. What are the requirements to make this product a successful product? Simultaneously, existing water filters will be evaluated to analyze their performance and usage.

The water filter will be further developed and tested in collaboration with local partner organizations of Connect International until the product is ready for production, sales and usage. Therefore a thorough analysis of the production, sales, and distribution will be made and a marketing plan will be written.

Connect international will then take control of the project and after a further optimization by them, the production and sales of the product will start.