Project Paani

We will create a device to effectively filter out salt water from the Luni River.

Many aspects plague Rajasthan, such as inadequate access to water, nominal job opportunities, and a weak economy. These weaknesses arise mainly from their water scarcity. Rajasthan is a river-depleted region and only has one major river, which by a stroke of misfortune, is famous for its salinity. This misfortune is leading to inadequate access to fresh water, as drinkable water is imported from Gujarat. This costly endeavor leads to hierarchical water scarcity, plaguing the poor of Rajasthan. Along with the scarcity of water, constant importing also leads to major economical problems. We aim to cure these problems by employing local villagers to maintain our units and pay them with the profit we make from selling salts. 

We will filter out the salt water from the Luni River in India and utilize both the drinkable water, the target of our solution, as well as the remaining salt and minerals. Units consisting of cheap, recycled, yet safe plastics will use solar heat to evaporate collected saltwater and form water vapor. This vapor will be accumulated to a drinkable water source. The remaining salt will be sold for profit that will help fund maintenance and pay for the villagers working with the units. The fresh and clean water that will emerge from this experiment will be used to feed the poor villagers and people of India with minimal access to water. This will also present a perfect starting point for the utilization of saltwater water all over the world.

Project Paani aims to impact the many poor towns situated near the banks of the Luni river. Our solution will impact the lives of many by giving them access to fresh water, and job opportunities, and overall benefit the town’s economy by employing local residents and paying them with the profits we make from selling the salts. 

We all have been influential leaders in our school and are academically inclined. We have continuously achieved recognizable mastery in a variety of areas including academics, specifically mathematics and science with our respective competitions, sports, volunteering and music/fine arts through the span of both primary and secondary school. Striving for success while having the ability to lead and consistently overachieve makes us perfect to enthusiastically deliver the most beneficial solution to our problem.

We have completed the mandatory research to acquire knowledge for the implication of such a complicated procedure to such a place where all conditions seem favorable. The Luni River consists of the perfect environment and local population to fit our product and goals. From our research and previous knowledge, the local population near the area has been known to heavily struggle with freshwater issues and the respective diseases and consequences that result from it.

Our solution explores a nearly untapped area of salt water purification. This method in Rajasthan has great potential to spread to other parts of the world to support the water industry. As people see the benefits of having cheap yet durable units purifying saltwater, they will want to apply this concept to the endless ocean.

We want to begin impacting the thirsty villages of Rajasthan by building prototype models to begin the work. Then we want to improve our models and expand these models to the whole length of the Luni river. 

We will invent a new unit from scratch to implement in Rajasthan.

We will bring profits from selling salts to fund maintenance and the addition of new units. We will also require donations if deemed necessary for a quicker approach to build units.