[Debconf-team] DebConf12-Water
Hello team,
the local food team has a doubt concerning the water. Holger took the
water from the tap during his trip here and we all drink from the tap.
But some of us use filters or purified water (at least at home). We want
you to provide guaranteed good water and propose two options:
== 1. Ceramic water filters ==
Photos: http://www.filtronnica.com/empresa.htm
We first though about ceramic filters and filling them up with usual
water. Doubtless this is a nice, organic and sustainable option. We can
even give this filters away after DebConf to public schools or orphanages.
The biggest filters can store up to 30 liters of water. The filter
itself has a capacity of 8 liters, wich need around 2.5 hours to run
through and has to be refilled 3 to 4 times in 24 hours.
We would need 15 filters to guarantee 2 liters of water in 24 hours for
every participant.
It would cost us around $360 to buy these filters.
== 2. Purified Water in 5 gallon tank ==
Photo: http://www.citymarket.com.ni/catalog/images/bidon20eh7.jpg
If we calculate 2 liters every day per person it would be around 4000
liters which would cost us around $380.
At the end purified water and filters are about the same (looking at the
price). With the filters we would have made a value which we could give
away afterwards (sustainable consumption), further we would support
alternative companies instead one of the biggest (but national) in
Nicaragua. On the ecological side, we would have letting spent way less
chemicals (for cleaning the purified water tanks) and used less plastics.
BUT filters would mean "some work". They have to be prepared with water
running through - to get rid of the ceramic flavor. And during DebConf
and DebCamp they have so be refilled. We are happy to do so. But nobody
really wants to be the water guy/girl. So we propose this to the whole
team to know about your opinion.
It would be good to know if you prefer filters and drink from it? And it
would just nice to have this refilling task something we could do
together? This way it wouldn't be a big task for anybody, only all of us
would be sometimes refilling some filter tanks and good water would
always be available for attendees. Or the other option is we just want
to go the easy way and not more work, serving purified water; And
everybody is going to be happy?
Cheers,
Felix
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