Water Innovation Challenge Day 3 and the winner is …
June 6th, 2014
A hectic Day 3 of the inaugural Water Innovation Challenge, and a very close final result, showed the skill and effort of both teams. After the construction works of the…
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Water Innovation Challenge Day 2
June 5th, 2014
The construction challenge was to install a water pump, solar panel to power the pump, shower head and storage vessel with a float switch to disconnect the pump when the…
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Water Innovation Challenge Day 1
June 4th, 2014
Day 1 of the Challenge involved construction, the production of construction and maintenance manuals and a team water pumping challenge. The day started with a team briefing from WorldSkill Project…
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The (young) media scrum
June 3rd, 2014
What better way to capture the action at the Water Innovation Challenge than taking a school class of 14 year olds and making them the media crew for the event….
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Let the Water Innovation Challenge begin
June 3rd, 2014
Grant Stewart (WorldSkills Foundation) began the briefing of the teams in the main central plaza area of the ITE campus. After the tools, equipment and the details of various challenges…
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Water, water everywhere…
June 2nd, 2014
Water is the theme in Singapore this week. Whether drinking it, storing it or disposing of water it is the hot topic around town with locals and the many, many…
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School closes to find the root cause of big problem
May 29th, 2014
When a school in a northern Sydney suburb experiences a plumbing problem, the school is closed. Read the local paper’s account below. TREE roots were the culprit of a plumbing emergency that…
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All eyes on Singapore as inaugural Water Innovation Challenge prepares for take off
May 28th, 2014
An additional visitor experience opportunity is our “Open Studio”, a gallery space and viewing area adjacent to the action that will allow visitors and WorldSkills partners to meet and network…
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Thanks to NT Shelter
May 20th, 2014
The 2014 Homelessness Summit organised by NT Shelter and held in Darwin, Australia last week was an important event. People assembled from the Top End and Central Australia as well…
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The big picture … with fine grain
May 20th, 2014
The report from CHDS (Nepal) on the just completed Stage 6 of the Nepal Sanitation Program has just arrived and it reveals the fine grain of all the work required…
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South Africa – Diepsloot Sanitation Project update
May 13th, 2014
Starting with the wastewater problems, whilst most drains have worked well keeping the drains clear under the tap points and at the main point where wastewater is discharged, some have…
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Water, toilets and health
May 12th, 2014
Polluted water causing health problems is almost certainly linked to the inadequate disposal of human waste. The Nepal Sanitation Program has as a key goal the safe removal and treatment…
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