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Leads SPI
1. Real Change: Bringing Water to
Metahara, Ethiopia
Victoria Davidjohn, Jacqueline Rosso,
Adrian Rangel, Brandon Hodges
The Electrical Engineering Group:
2. The Issue at Hand
• 330 million people are without water in Sub-
Saharan Africa
• 13.19% of land is arable in Ethiopia
o 80% of Ethiopians are farmers
• Result: famine and starvation
3.
4. Lake Basaka
• Risks polluting Awash River with salt water
• Possibility of reduction of crop growth, e.g.
sugar, corn, wheat
• Causes flooding in the surrounding 50
kilometers
5. Metahara, Ethiopia
• Population: estimated at 21,300
• 2.7 miles away from Lake Basaka
• Located besides the intra-continental railroad
• Home to the biggest sugar factory in
Ethiopia
• One of the top ethanol producers
6. How do we increase
the productivity of crops
in Metehara, Ethipioa
through irrigation?
2. Educate locals
on irrigation
maintenance
1. Create irrigation
system powered by
solar panels
3. Maximize crop
production with
minimal water
usage
4. Stabilize
economy
5. Increase per
capita income
START
The Solution
8. How Solar Cells Work
Photovoltaic Effect: Process in which two
dissimilar materials in close contact act as an
electric cell when struck by light or other radiant
energy.
14. The SPI System
Integrated Solar Purifcation Irrigation System
Total Cost:
$83,984
Purification
System
Cost:
$63,800
Irrigation
System
Cost:
$10,384
Solar Panels
Cost: $9,800
16. The Outcome
• Provide over 100,000 gallons of stable
purified water supply for the region around
Lake Basaka.
• Increase agricultural production.
• Supplement the economy.
• Reduce flooding of Lake Basaka and
contamination of Awash River.
18. Bibliography
• "Central Intelligence Agency." The World Factbook. N.p., 10 July
2013. Web. 22 July 2013.
• Dinka, M. O. (2012), Analysing the extent (size and shape) of Lake
Basaka expansion (Main Ethiopian Rift Valley) using remote sensing
and GIS. Lakes & Reservoirs: Research & Management, 17: 131–
141. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2012.00500.x
• Mitchell, Anthony. "ReliefWeb." Drought in Metahara, Ethiopia. N.p.,
03 Aug. 2002. Web. 22 July 2013.
• "Photovoltaic Effect." Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster, n.d.
Web. 22 July 2013.