WaterFOre: Sustainable water supply for rural communities in Syria through forward osmosis

WaterFOre项目解决了叙利亚饮用水和卫生方面的紧急安全供水需求。冲突破坏了供水网络，数百万人无法正常获得安全用水。脆弱的家庭和儿童，特别是流离失所者和农村地区的儿童，不得不求助于不安全的替代品，导致霍乱和腹泻发病率上升。该地区有干旱和地下水资源过度开采的历史，使获取水资源成为冲突的主要驱动因素。Waterwhelm技术通过正向渗透从几乎任何来源（例如受污染的河水）生产饮用水。与反渗透等传统方法相比，该过程主要使用热量和很少的电力。这是评估该技术在满足叙利亚安全用水需求方面发挥作用的可行性的第一阶段。主要活动：评估最可行的水源和确定优先用水需求；评估水处理的能源（热）需求和可用的来源；确保拟议的解决方案满足包括穷人和流离失所者、弱势群体和妇女/儿童在内的利益相关者的需求，并考虑到社会/文化因素；对该技术进行改造，以便在叙利亚使用，并在模拟饲料水中验证其性能；从叙利亚寻找具有互补技能和能力的潜在新合作伙伴，使其作为价值链的一部分在商业上受益。主要产出：报告与优先用水需求/地点相匹配的给水地点、质量和规模；从多种热源提供热量的可行性报告；利益相关者需求分析报告和利益相关者影响评估；经验证的技术版本，适合可行性工作和预期性能/成本报告所确定的需要；确定了第二个示范阶段的其他叙利亚伙伴。该项目的最终影响将是为饮用水和卫生目的提供安全/负担得起的水，有助于至少两个联合国可持续发展目标-(3)良好的健康和福祉以及(6)清洁的水和卫生设施。其中包括到2030年实现人人普遍和公平获得安全和负担得起的饮用水的目标；在与水和卫生有关的活动和方案，包括集水、脱盐、用水效率、废水处理、再循环和再利用技术方面，扩大国际合作和能力建设方面对发展中国家的支持；并大幅减少水污染和污染造成的死亡和疾病的数量。

The WaterFOre project addresses an urgent safe water supply need in Syria for drinking and hygiene. Conflict has damaged water supply networks and millions of people lack regular access to safe water. Vulnerable families and children, especially displaced people and those in rural areas, have had to resort to unsafe alternatives leading to rising rates of cholera and diarrhoea. The region has a history of drought and over exploitation of groundwater resources making access to water a key driver of conflict.Waterwhelm technology produces drinking quality water from almost any source (e.g. polluted river water) by forward osmosis. The process uses mainly heat and very little electricity compared to conventional methods e.g. reverse osmosis. This is the first phase of assessing the feasibility of the technology to play a role in meeting safe water needs in Syria.Key activities:Assessing the most feasible water sources and identifying the priority water needs;Assessing the energy (heat) requirements for water treatment and available sources;Ensuring the proposed solution meets the needs of stakeholders including poor and displaced people, vulnerable groups and women/children and takes account of social/cultural factors;Adaptation of the technology for use in Syria and validation of the performance on simulated feed waters;Identifying potential new partners from Syria with complimentary skills and capabilities to benefit commercially as part of a value-chain.Key outputs:Report on locations, quality and scale of feed waters matched to the priority water needs/locations;Report on feasibility of providing heat from a range of sources;Stakeholder needs analysis report and stakeholder impact assessment;Validated version of the technology suited to the needs identified by the feasibility work and reports on expected performance/costs;Additional Syrian partners identified for a second demonstration phase.The ultimate impacts of the project will be provision of safe/affordable water for drinking and hygiene purposes contributing to at least two UN Sustainable Development Goals- (3) good health and well-being and (6) clean water and sanitation. These include targets by 2030 to: achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all; expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries in water- and sanitation-related activities and programmes, including water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies; and to substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from water pollution and contamination.