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Because of the remoteness of the community, the system needed to be unbreakable or easily fixable. Baptiste needed to be able to fix it himself.
“He took on the challenge,” said Mohseni. “When we hear about issues in rural and Indigenous communities, the reason those systems fail is because the community has not been involved in the process.”
The new treatment system uses groundwater from a location that is not culturally sensitive. It uses ultraviolet light to inactivate microbes and adds a small amount of chlorine. A new reservoir was built, and new pipes were laid. The new system came on line in May.