Hi,
I'm part of a group of UK engineering students who is travelling with the Royal Academy of Engineering to the **Global Grand Challenges Summit** in Beijing this September.
As part of the summit teams of students from the UK, US and China will design and present a new engineering solution to one of the global grand challenges in engineering. My group has chosen '**Providing Access to Clean Water**' as our challenge, and we aim to engineer a new solution, either a product or a strategy, to improving access to clean water which we will then present as part of the student competition in Beijing.
At the moment we're hoping to talk to anyone who has **experience in providing access to clean water in developing countries**, particularly in rural communities.
We'd like to know anything that would help us decide what aspect to focus on, whether we should be aiming to filter/treat contaminated water, extract water from the ground/air, or whether we should be focusing on waste water treatment and improving sanitation.
**Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated** as it will ensure that our solution if focused on the area which requires the most attention.
Thanks!