E-COLI: AN
AUTOMATED E-COLI BACTERIA DETECTOR SYSTEM
The problem Statement
In Uganda, most people
use water on both small and large scale depending on the type of users. The
users get water from a number of sources including wells, boreholes, tanks,
springs, taped water and others. Most people in Uganda are currently using
water without knowing whether water is safe or not.
Water contamination is caused by
many pollutants. Escherichia Coli bacteria is the most
popular water pollutant apparently [1]. Escherichia
coli bacteria contamination in drinking water causes serious illness to large
numbers of people.
The water preservation
methods employed by the government and some private water users are not
efficient, since it’s done at the central plant, ignoring the means through
which it reaches individual homes thus a gap for waterborne diseases. Water
preservation process done by the government is costly and very inefficient in
the long run. It is employed in some parts of the country leaving out large
groups of people to vulnerable to waterborne diseases.
Proposed Solution:
However some objectives were
brought up to solve the above problem and some of these were to investigate the
weaknesses of the problem ,collect and
analyze data, design a system for detecting bacteria in water (E-coli 057 ) , develop and test the system.
The presence of E-Coli bacteria in water is detected by the presence of methane
gas which is given out by liquefied animal wastes.
Intended Users:
The potential users of the system are;
·
The individual (home)
water users: These are the people who use water in areas such as
communities and other areas which may require adding more automation to their
existing water treatment methods.
(i)
They are normally small scale water users.
(ii)
They possess busy schedules at work and therefore need a
more convenient water treatment method.
·
The industrial consumers: These are people who
operate companies and business that require reliable and consistent water
monitoring and preservation to ensure water safety. They possess the following
trait;
(i)
They preserve large amounts of water for example water
bottling companies.
·
The system administrators: These are people who
are concerned with the administrative activities on the system. Their
characteristics involve;
(i)
They possess technical ability.
(ii)
They are well learned about the functional operation of the
system.
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