Prev leak project
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Description
TPS recycles plastic material to manufacture polymer manhole covers that are then fitted with an ultra sensor, sigfox module, and microcontroller to detect and report sewage blockage on our app. This allows communities, businesses, and municipalities to have an early detection system that notifies them of sewage blockages that cause pollution, health risks, and contamination of water resources as a result of overflow.
South Africa suffers from sewage pollution as a result of repeat blockages. This happens because: 1.Municipal agencies use a telephonic system which causes delays of up 2 weeks. 2.Lack of sanitation infrastructure maintenance. This impacts on human health, economic productivity, the quality of ambient freshwater resources, and ecosystems.
The Goal of this is: 1.To empower clients with the digital tools and smart early detection systems to ward off blocked sewers and improve reporting of water leaks to save water and keep our environment clean from sewer pollution. 2.Improve the quality-of-service delivery by automating the response. 3.Generation of data to help identify potential “hot-spots” for better planning. 5. Has locking mechanism and tracking system to prevent theft of manhole covers for the Schools.
History:
In 2019 we piloted a project using our 1st prototype sensor and Held a meeting with the Zola community who through a contribution scheme employed 3 locals as servicemen to receive SMS and email notification of blocked sewer where prev leak was installed.
Recent accolades:
We won the CPSI Ministerial award 2020 after applying for the community innovation category.
Link: https://t.co/lHWWMPVy6i?amp=1
Solving the problem:
The most valuable aspect of this project was that the community of Zola were able to solve their own problems of sewage blockages using technology and came together by contributing money to hire locals who responded to unblock seer lines before they can overflow. 1. This limited human contact with sewer because locals always arrived whilst the blocked sewer was still in containment. 2. Limited pollution of overflowing sewer that brought health risk and contamination of water sources.
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT.
Biodiversity conservation. By reducing the amount of sewage overflows that end up polluting our environment, wetlands, streams used by people living in rural areas and eventually polluting the ocean.
Link of sewage problem in South Africa: https://youtu.be/pYO-01xLnz8
Water and biodiversity conservation. Wastewater Pollution prevention.
Economic benefit.
Youth employment creation who use technology to serve their own community responding to unblock sewer manholes before they can overflow as a result of early detection.
Social and sustainable benefit.
Community self-sustainability and beneficiation where communities can be responsible to self-manage their own wastewater problems and employ their own to respond limiting dependency on government service delivery thus reducing omission of water service providers trucks having to drive responding to local blockage issues.
Social cohesion.
In terms of task relation of each community, who will be responsible to all stakeholders involved by having to submit their sewage overflow footprint reports of how many blockages were prevented using (Technology) prev leak solution.
Link showing locals responding to unblock sewage: https://youtu.be/c20tXl9pJWk
Covid-19 response and water illness future pandemic.
Covid 19 is now found in wastewater (Sewage). Therefore, human contact with overflowing sewer can increase covid 19 infection rate drastically. Because our solution is an early detection system when there is a blocked sewer, locals who respond arrive whilst the sewer is still contained inside the sewer and use unblocking tools to unblock it before it overflows, reducing human contact with sewer before it can overflow outside the manholes. Therefore communities can save their own lives as a result of preventing human contact from covid 19 infested sewer.
Link showing proof of covid19 infested sewer: https://youtu.be/DqemeEFBceU
SDGS & Targets
Goal 6
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
6.1
By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all
6.1.1
Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services
6.2
By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations
6.2.1
Proportion of population using (a) safely managed sanitation services and (b) a hand-washing facility with soap and water
6.3
By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally
6.3.1
Proportion of domestic and industrial wastewater flows safely treated
6.3.2
Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality
6.4
6.4.1
Change in water-use efficiency over time
6.4.2
Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources
6.5
By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate
6.5.1
Degree of integrated water resources management
6.5.2
Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation
6.6
6.6.1
Change in the extent of water-related ecosystems over time
6.a
6.a.1
Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance that is part of a government-coordinated spending plan
6.b
Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management
6.b.1
Proportion of local administrative units with established and operational policies and procedures for participation of local communities in water and sanitation management
Goal 11
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
11.1
By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums
11.1.1
Proportion of urban population living in slums, informal settlements or inadequate housing
11.2
11.2.1
Proportion of population that has convenient access to public transport, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
11.3
11.3.1
Ratio of land consumption rate to population growth rate
11.3.2
Proportion of cities with a direct participation structure of civil society in urban planning and management that operate regularly and democratically
11.4
Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage
11.4.1
Total per capita expenditure on the preservation, protection and conservation of all cultural and natural heritage, by source of funding (public, private), type of heritage (cultural, natural) and level of government (national, regional, and local/municipal)
11.5
By 2030, significantly reduce the number of deaths and the number of people affected and substantially decrease the direct economic losses relative to global gross domestic product caused by disasters, including water-related disasters, with a focus on protecting the poor and people in vulnerable situations
11.5.1
Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
11.5.2
Direct economic loss attributed to disasters in relation to global domestic product (GDP)
11.5.3
(a) Damage to critical infrastructure and (b) number of disruptions to basic services, attributed to disasters
11.6
By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management
11.6.1
Proportion of municipal solid waste collected and managed in controlled facilities out of total municipal waste generated, by cities
11.6.2
Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (e.g. PM2.5 and PM10) in cities (population weighted)
11.7
11.7.1
Average share of the built-up area of cities that is open space for public use for all, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
11.7.2
Proportion of persons victim of non-sexual or sexual harassment, by sex, age, disability status and place of occurrence, in the previous 12 months
11.a
Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning
11.a.1
Number of countries that have national urban policies or regional development plans that (a) respond to population dynamics; (b) ensure balanced territorial development; and (c) increase local fiscal space
11.b
By 2020, substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and develop and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, holistic disaster risk management at all levels
11.b.1
Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
11.b.2
Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies
11.c
Support least developed countries, including through financial and technical assistance, in building sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local materials
SDG 14 targets covered
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