The project aims to create a pathway for safe water access to communities with no running water and electricity. The team leaders are currently building two off-grid mobile water purification test units and working on deepening their partnerships with Navajo Nation agencies, including the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA), the Indian Health Service (IHS) Sanitation Facilities Construction Program, and three Chapter Houses in the Navajo Nation, including Navajo Mountain Chapter, Utah, Dilkon, Navajo Nation, Arizona, and Thoreau, New Mexico.
The project includes the use of pressure-driven desalination methods, nanofiltration (NF), and reverse osmosis (RO) to treat brackish waters such as those on the Navajo Nation while producing high-quality water. Solar panels will power the system and Dig Deep will assist the team in installing the units and personnel and community members' training to operate and maintain them. Learn more about the solar membrane desalination process.
