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Making clean water with rubbish

People Fixing the World

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How to Make Qedrinin Water From Thin Air

Rahema lives with two of her children and four of her grandchildren in the village of deje. The water she uses comes from a communal tank in her village, which arrives through a long stretch of pipe. It's pumped there as part of the state water supply. Before e used to boil water because i assumed the water in the tank was safe. When i fetched from the tap, i was sure that the water is safe, and i would drink it. My children also drank it. In fact, it took her getting seriously ill for her to properly understand.

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