Safe drinking water is a challenge for nearly a billion people around the world every day. Waterborne diseases remain a leading cause of illness and death in the developing world. While progress is being made, there are still more than 1,000 children dying every day due to diarrheal diseases caused by unsafe water. Water treatment technologies have been shown to dramatically improve the microbiological safety of drinking water and reduce diarrheal illness. A not-for-profit initiative, the Children’s Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) Program, is an effort to provide coagulation/disinfection technology developed by P&G (Procter & Gamble) to people in the developing world. In this talk, the CSDW Program and the impact of clean water on lives will be discussed, as well as, how the lack of clean water directly impacts health, education and economic opportunity.

Innovation transforming lives through the power of clean water

256th National Meeting (2018)

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