Inadequate sanitation takes the lives of hundreds of residents in informal settlements every year in Cape Town, South Africa. Our initiative resulted in the development of a communal water facility that addresses issues pertaining to this matter. Through direct interaction with community members, city officials, and thorough field observation, a facility was designed to alleviate unhealthy living conditions through a peri-urban upgrading process that promotes cost effectiveness, sustainability, and ecologically friendly principles.

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Creator

• Granfone, Marcella C.
• Olecki, Daniel Joseph
• Lizewski, Christopher Richard

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Health
• Sustainability
• Water
• Well-Being

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121708-145406

Keyword

• Public health
• Sewage--Purification
• Water-supply--Health aspects

Award

• President's IQP Award

Advisor

• Hersh, Robert
• Jiusto, Scott

Year

• 2008

Center

• Cape Town, South Africa Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• City of Cape Town Water and Sanitation Department
• Jefferies, Garnett

Date created

• 2008-12-17

Location

• Cape Town

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-01-17