Develop pressure management, household storage, pipe repair, and monitoring methods for systems where periodic shutoffs allow contaminated water to enter damaged pipes.
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Maintaining rural water pumps after donor-funded installation
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Sierra Leone, Africa
Design repair financing, local spare-parts networks, remote diagnostics, and accountability models that keep water points functional after initial projects end.
Development of pathways for achieving high rates of reuse and repair of consumer products.
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United States, North America
Achieving pathways for achieving high rates of reuse and repair of consumer products at meaningful scale demands simultaneous progress in fundamental research, engineering integration and socio-technical systems that work for low- and middle-income settings. Existing efforts remain fragmented relative to the magnitude of the challenge.