Drinking water at schools in Uganda is typically foul and causes untold illnesses. It commonly comes directly out of the ground, or from tanks filled from roof gutters. Only rarely is there any effort to remove even known contaminants.
This project installed WHO-quality water filtration systems at seven schools in Uganda. The systems use electrocholorination to remove bacteria including E.coli, coliform, and other contaminants. The result is high volumes of clean, potable water for many thousands of students.
Ssaku Secondary School was the first installation and served as the pilot test school. The school has 529 students and 41 teachers. Previously, they relied on water pumped from a borehole for their drinking water. No prior filtration existed.
before and after filtration
Kaswa Muslim Primary School has 392 students and 9 teachers. They had just one water tap connected to a borehole.
Blessing Junior School has 471 students and 15 teachers. Their water comes from rooftop gutters which are connected to a storage tank.
Vision Junior School has 548 students and 15 teachers. Their water comes from a borehole which is connected to a storage tank.
Cecilia and Paul Education Center has 223 learners and their drinking water used to come from bottled water, as seen below. Now, they have pure, potable water filtered by the Sensible installation.
God’s Grace Primary was established in 2015 and currently has 217 boys and 310 girls, for a total enrollment of 527 pupils. The prior water source was a tap connected to the National Water grid, which was unclean and not filtered.
The school has a total student population of 417 students and 42 teachers. Of the students, 278 are girls and 139 are boys. The previous water came from an elevated water tank connected to the city main water (unfiltered and impure).
