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Title:	Water purification in Haiti : An engineers without borders project
Author:	Valoura, Melissa
View Online:	njit-etd2009-086 (viii, 42 pages ~ 1.8 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Engineering Management
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Meegoda, Jay N. (Committee chair) Bladikas, Athanassios K. (Committee member) Das, Sanchoy K. (Committee member)
Date:	2009-08
Keywords:	Water purification Milot, Haiti
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	The objective of this thesis was to present the necessary steps to help a town in Haiti develop an organization focused on improving their water quality. It goes through the technology needed to create the organization and explains the procedures for implementing a charitable project in a foreign country. A narrative of the student project in Milot, Haiti, where students from the New Jersey Institute of Technology's Engineers Without Borders Chapter implemented a water purification project, explains the course of action that was taken and gives an example of a successful project. A summary of Haiti and its history paints a picture of the environment and culture, where the project took place and gives some incite into the Haitian mindset to evaluate the potential success and failure of the implementation of a sustainable development project in Haiti.