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[Greywater Treatment] Desired Outcomes of this Project

Design and build a system that can treat grey water (also known as black water) and make the water reusable.  

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Description

Greywater is all waste water that is generated from households, factories, offices, ships, and SeaPods without fecal matter (waste water from water commodes and urinals). It is generally all the waste water from baths, showers, kitchen sinks, basins, washing machines, and industrial wash.   Water recycled from this waste water can be recycled and reused for irrigation, toilet flushes and other non-potable areas where clean drinking water is not required.

 

Why this is important

Grey water recycling and reuse plays an important role in managing the ever-increasing demand for potable water. Recycled grey water can be used in applications that do not need water that is as pure as drinking water. Some of the ecological benefits of grey water recycle and reuse are:

  • Conserve fresh water for potable uses
  • Reduce fresh water wastage by reusing recycled grey water
  • Reduce the amount of chemicals used in septic tanks to treat black water. By not mixing grey water and black water, sewage treatment plants require lesser amount of chemicals for treatment.
  • Treated grey water can be used for purposes like gardening - enhancing landscapes, reseeding water tables, reintroduce nutrients that would have been lost in sewage treatment plants back into the soil.

 

 

What this project needs to move forward

  • Chemistry/Electrical/Electronics students - to set up the pump and electrode circuitry for electrocoagulation
  • Structural engineers - to design the water treatment plant in limited space
  • Marine biologists - to collaborate and guide the team team 

 

Incentives


Highlights of working on this project

  • Collaborate with talented people from different domains and areas of study and expertise
  • Build a strong team with people from diverse cultures and backgrounds
  • Learn project management, project reporting, delivery cycles
  • Work in a highly energized environment that focuses on high quality product development
  • Discover, learn, innovate, and invent new ways for preserving and growing marine life
  • Have fun in a super charged team of professionals students, collaborators, sponsors

 

For Contributors

  • Remuneration  - This is a sponsored project. You will get paid for your contributions. Find out more from your project manager/project coordinator. [OR]
  • Remuneration  - This is not a sponsored project. You will get credits, honorable mentions and a Certificate of Contribution from Ocean Builders.
  • Learning  - This project offers you opportunities to learn about this concept/topic/technology. You will get to collaborate and work with industry experts and professionals who will share their experiences and guide you along with their best practices.
  • Culture  - Work with people from different backgrounds, cultures, nationalities and get exposure to working on cross-functional and virtual teams.
  • Get Your Hands Dirty  - Roll up your sleeves and get practical on this project. Experience the joy of designing or building a machine/system/device that will be used by millions of people worldwide. If you are not co-located, video conference with your team and collaborate.
  • Build and Grow your Professional Network  - Collaborate on this project, make friends, and grow your professional network.

 

For Sponsors

  • Top Talent  - Work with talented people and find new recruits for your business as you see this project take shape.
  • Goodwill  - Get positive goodwill for your brand as a sponsor who is building something innovating and contributing to the future.
  • Personal and Business Use  - Use this system and technology for your home/boat/ship/company/organization
    Branding - Brand it with your organization identity.
  • Monetize  - Invest in his project and take it to market with your brand identity

 

For Users

  • Get involved in the design phase and share your thoughts on how you would use this product or technology in your daily lives.
  • Give feedback at regular intervals and development stages to help this team to design and build a user-friendly system or technology.
  • Work with people from different countries, cultures, backgrounds and experiences. It's fun!

 

Academia

Get Recognition - Participate as an academician/student and contribute to research papers, college projects and participate in local, state, national, and international academic or technical conferences. Present papers on the innovations and advancements that have been made.

All of the above

Ocean Builders invites you to be a part of this project. You can be a sponsor, a contributor, a user, an academician AND you can be all of the above.

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