Our social enterprise's focus [0] is mushroom cultivation in developing countries where easy access to water cannot be assumed: 20%, globally, still have to walk away from their premise to get it [1]. This percentage in Africa for example would increase given developed counties would have a higher percentage than this average.

Moreover, very significant quantities of poor-quality water [2] causes numerous negative health effects. Mushroom cultivation using a 'sterilisation' technique via a pressure-based method [3] to increase temperatures above all/most micro-organisms threshold (using a pressure canner, for example) could be used also as a general process to 'clean' the water ready for human consumption.

This would require a heat source, that could be generated by solar power and fed into a induction cooker to heat the vessel. But instead of only 'solving a water issue', this system could potentially also contribute towards food production (i.e. permitting sustainability). Electricity could allow connection to the internet, to allow further education at a more cost-effective and scalable means than typical schooling paradigms.

Ideas/thoughts/rebuttals?

Footnotes

[0] https://github.com/TessellateDataScience/scalableMushroomProduction

[1] https://www.unwater.org/publications/who/unicef-joint-monitoring-program-update-report-2023

[2] https://www.sdg6data.org/en

[3] Training for user on safe usage of pressure vessels (and material failure preventative checks) perhaps needed.