We arrived in Pingyao, Shanxi, on the morning of July 25 and then met up with three students from Taiyuan University of Technology. After lunch, we took the bus to the Liangjiabao village and immediately started testing the water. We took samples and did arsenic and turbidity tests for all filters, plus iron, alkalinity and […]
Shanxi Water Project
Report on Shanxi Trip
We arrived in Pingyao, Shanxi, on the morning of July 25 and then met up with three students from Taiyuan University of Technology. After lunch, we took the bus to the Liangjiabao village and immediately started testing the water. We took samples and did arsenic and turbidity tests for all filters, plus iron, alkalinity and […]
12/03 – 15/03 : Shanxi ABF
On the 12-15 March, a group of RISE students went to 山西 (ShanXi) province to further our project of developing and disseminating low cost, effective methods of water filtration. 2015年3月12日，清源的一群学生到山西省对我们成本低且有效的过滤水方法进行了更深一步的发展。 We were greeted in 太原 (TaiYuan) by our counterparts from 太原理工大学 (TaiYuan University of Technology, TLD) where we spent most of the next day teaching […]
Shanxi Project Update July 2014
Thanks to Long Xiaodong (龙晓东), a student from Tsinghua University, RISE members learnt about the issues regarding drinking water pollution in his village Longjiaying (龙家营) in Shanxi province (山西). In June and October 2013, we visited Longjiaying as well as other 13 surrounding villages in Wanda County. During our visit, we found that the drinking […]