SafeWater Refugee Camps: Decentralized Solar-Powered Water Purification Systems

SafeWater-RC addresses the critical challenge of waterborne diseases in refugee settlements by developing and deploying modular, solar-powered water purification systems that combine UV treatment, ceramic filtration, and IoT monitoring.

Objectives

• Design and deploy 25 solar-powered water purification units serving 50,000 refugees
• Train 100 refugee youth as water system technicians
• Reduce waterborne disease incidence by 60%
• Establish community-managed water committees
• Create replicable WASH technology models

Methodology

Community-based participatory action research. Phases: Baseline, Design, Mfg, Installation, Operation.