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Photo by Ryan Anderson Local Engineering Firm Designs and Builds Wastewater System for Orphanage in Tanzania May 21, 2018, 10:38 amIt was the health and safety of the children that compelled Steve Anderson, principal of Anderson Engineering to offer to provide the service. "As a company, we had the knowledge and skills to diagnose and engineer a solution," he said. When the Anderson Engineering team arrived, they spent the first few days evaluating the existing wastewater system. "The soil over most of the site was poorly drained silts, directly above a layer of sandy soils and ash caliche," Team Member Corey said. "We concluded that the existing system was severely undersized for the soil profile. Not only was the system failing, but it also had the potential to impact local groundwater creating a health hazard." Through a combined team effort and use of their collective knowledge, skills, and resources, the team designed and built a system that resolved the issues. The most satisfying part of the project for the team was the opportunity to train Tanzania youth in science and engineering. "Utah has an excellent on-site wastewater program based on research from Utah State University's well-respected water research lab," Team Member Corey said. "This opportunity allowed us to take some of those best practices and share them with the technicians at the village." The team worked side by side with the technicians helping them understand the science behind the construction methods. Anderson Engineering hopes that the system designed and installed can become a model of how wastewater issues in remote African areas can be resolved through an intelligent, passive, and sustainable design." The community news source for Eagle Mountain Utah, Saratoga Springs Utah, Lehi Utah, American Fork Utah, Highland Utah, Alpine Utah, and The Cedar Valley, including Cedar Fort Utah and Fairfield Utah. Copyright 2024 The Crossroads Journal LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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