Blog

March 12, 2013

Hello and welcome to the official blog of Red Knights for H2Ope!  Here you can find updates on the progress of our water project.

Things are just getting underway, and the early stages look promising! Our partners at Fountains of Hope in Cincinnati are with us every step of the way and we’re always grateful for the help of Mr. Farrar.  Red Knights for H2Ope has broken into groups to divide and conquer specific problems with the water purification system and how best to improve it. The electrical team found a tote that can better house the car battery piece of the purifier.  This tote will make electrical connection easier and make the river pump more accessible. The team is primarily focused on this idea but is still experimenting with others. Our mechanical team is still mastering the ins and outs of the purifier itself.  They split into two teams and are brainstorming the best ways to increase efficiency of the system. The filtration team is experimenting and weighing all their options, but they plan on testing all their ideas.  The chemical team is in the process of testing as well. They have narrowed it down to four potential options: iodine, chlorine, ceramics, and UV light. All four of these options have proven to work sufficiently but the team searching to find which one will work the best for this specific system.  Thanks for any donations you’ve made and keep Red Knights for H2Ope in your prayers!

-The Red Knights for H2Ope Team

March 19

Hello H2Opers

Red Knights for H2Ope are working away, and the chemical and filtration teams have both found a specific issue to concentrate on since our last meeting.  The chemical team has decided on using chlorination or ceramics with silver.  The chlorination process is essentially the same as the original design that the Red Knights for H2Ope were given to improve, and the ceramic/silver method will take more time to research and test before we can implement a prototype. The filtration team is hard at work, swapping out materials from the old model and trying to streamline the filtration process.  Rigid PVC has been replaced by flexible PVC, and different arrangements of the system will be tested over the next few weeks to find the best one possible.   Also, they’ve placed an extra filter near the spout of the system to decrease the amount of charcoal and other large waste that is still in the water after the filtration process.  Keep checking in, and thanks for your prayers!

–  The Red Knights for H2Ope Team

March 25

Howdy H2Opers

The electrical team is still trying to make the whole system easier and safer to use.  In the old system, there’s an exposed car battery, attached to alligator clamps.  Although the old system is definitely functional, oftentimes the people using the filtration system have a very limited understanding of how the batteries work and what to do if the clamps are removed or damaged.  To solve the problem, the electrical team is designing a housing unit for the battery that will hopefully be as simple as flipping a switch to turn the whole system on and off.  Thanks for checking in, and don’t be afraid to donate!

–  The Red Knights for H2Ope Team

April 16

Hey everybody

Our Common Basket video is finished!  It will be up on the site soon, so stay tuned and give it a watch.  There are some shocking statistics–– statistics that you can change.  80% of all diseases in developing countries come from unclean water.  Come to mass at BSM on Wednesday, April 24 and donate to the Common Basket to help reduce the amount of water borne diseases in developing countries!

– The Red Knights for H2Ope Team

April 30

Thanks everybody!

Great work and a huge thanks to everybody who brought money to last week’s mass.  You helped the BSM community give just over $2,200 for Red Knights for H2Ope!  This money will all go to the research and development of a more efficient, safer system, and all of this is possible because of those who donate to Red Knights for H2Ope.  We’ll make sure to keep you posted on all of our progress.  Thanks again!

-The Red Knights for H2Ope Team