We commit to providing safe, reliable, sustainable and tailored solutions to hospitals and schools in developing nations to have access to clean, drinkable water, sanitation, and hygiene.
DayZeroWater
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Description
Operating as a community of practice, we utilise and apply the specialist knowledge and expertise of senior professors and researchers at the Delft University of Technology and the DayZeroWater team to implement research findings, tailored recommendations, and solutions to hospitals and schools in developing nations. We also work collaboratively with other key stakeholders, including clinicians, engineers, and educators across continents, to share and transfer specialist knowledge to develop tailored, cost-effective technologies for (waste) water treatments and scalable, safe water solutions. Importantly, these findings have influenced knowledge co-creation throughout the community network and the development of techniques to promote clean water and sanitation initiatives, such as water management. Through the cross-fertilisation of multidisciplinary, superior knowledge, know-how, and technology that our community brings, we are confident that we champion and promote sustainable development and provide best-in-class solutions that can be applied across Venezuela and other geographies.
To accelerate the implementation of SDG 6 we work collaboratively with Delft University of Technology to implement findings and recommendations from world-class, impactful and game-changing research to develop strategies, policies and tailored, scalable, safe water solutions. We are fully committed to supporting the UN’s goals and targets to transform our world by identifying sustainable economic, social and environmental development. 1) Economically: we work with hospitals such as the Dr Angulo Rivas Hospital in Anzoátegui (a state of geographic focus in the UN Humanitarian Response Plan: Venezuela, 2022-2023), to develop sustainability by supporting its infrastructure and ensuring that it has sustainable access to safe and affordable drinking water (SDG 6.1); thereby attracting talented doctors, other medical staff, and appropriate equipment. Our work ensures that hospitals can treat people for free and reduce the Venezuelan natal mortality rate, which is the 125th highest in the world (World Population Review, 2022). Other key projects include the Islas Borrachas archipelago (desalination solution) and the Fe y Alegria Schools (circular water solutions and wastewater solutions). 2) Socially: to provide safe water, sanitation, and hygiene solutions, promote healthier living for all societal stakeholders, prevent chronic illnesses (6.2) and provide a good education (SDG 4) for children in Venezuela to ensure their integration and progress within society (UNICEF, 2022). 3) Environmentally: to develop solutions for wastewater. We adopt a knowledge-based approach to working with international and local partners and stakeholders as a community of practice (Cheng and Lee, 2014) to address this (6.a and 6.b). Our community network develops capacity (SDG 17) by gathering and leveraging world-class, multidisciplinary knowledge, expertise and data and information from academia, science and medicine, engineering and technology, commerce and industry, local authorities and governments and other disciplines in countries to share and transfer knowledge that can promote sustainable development, change lives and solve complex water-related problems that are scalable to other geographies (SDG 6.a).
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
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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
SDG 14 targets covered
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Deliverables & Timeline
Hospital water projects to be built
Water solutions for the Schools to be built
Waterless solution for toilet flushing Fe y Alegria Schools, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela.
Desalination solution for Fe y Alegria Schools, Margarita Island, Venezuela.
Design water solutions for the Dr. Angulo Rivas Hospital, Anaco, Venezuela.
Design Drink Water Solution for Fe y Alegria Schools, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela.
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Region
- Africa
- Asia and Pacific
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- West Asia
Other beneficiaries
Besides providing access to water, sanitation, and wastewater solutions to a hospital and school, we, in parallel, create a wide range of beneficiaries beyond the patients, students and teachers. Some of the additional beneficiaries could include family members of the patients, hospital staff, local businesses and the environment.
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Dayanna , Founder and Managing Director