{"id":1021,"date":"2017-04-06T17:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T17:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2017\/04\/06\/how-engineers-are-solving-water-scarcity-in-developing-countries\/"},"modified":"2017-04-06T17:00:42","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T17:00:42","slug":"how-engineers-are-solving-water-scarcity-in-developing-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2017\/04\/06\/how-engineers-are-solving-water-scarcity-in-developing-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"How Engineers Are Solving Water Scarcity in Developing Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In countries suffering from extreme poverty, basic living needs\u00a0like clean water, electricity, and clean burning fuel types are scarce. That&#8217;s where engineers come in. Engineers have the knowledge and ability to provide affordable solutions to countries that lack these basic resources.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Gates has shown that brilliant engineers like Peter Janicki are coming up with innovative solutions to provide clean and affordable water. \u00a0These developing countries can overcome water scarcity by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/goatsandsoda\/2015\/01\/10\/376182321\/bill-gates-raises-a-glass-to-and-of-water-made-from-poop\">turning sewage waste into clean drinkable water<\/a>\u00a0using Janicki&#8217;s Omniprocessor. One machine is capable of providing 100,000 people with potable water.<\/p>\n<p>India&#8217;s electric engineers are leading the charge in developing and implementing solar panels to drive the rapidly growing solar energy industry. India&#8217;s goal is to provide a cheaper, cleaner, and healthier form of electricity and reduce the C02 emissions and improve air quality in Indian cities.<\/p>\n<p>Modis, who matches engineering and tech talent with clients that can utilize their expertise, posted a great <a href=\"http:\/\/www.modis.com\/it-insights\/infographics\/engineers-shaping-developing-world\/\">infographic that explains how engineers are saving the world.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-145927 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/visualnews-wp-media-prod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/06112930\/engineers-shaping-developing-world-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"958\" height=\"3698\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source: Visual News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In countries suffering from extreme poverty, basic living needs\u00a0like clean water, electricity, and clean burning fuel types are scarce. That&#8217;s where&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":1022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-1021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-careering"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2017\/04\/engineers-shaping-developing-world-1.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paqOTj-gt","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}