Abstract
In an effort to reduce plastic water bottle usage and help to reduce humanity’s carbon footprint, students from Wesleyan University built a portable water station that filters and cools hose water, and then dispenses it to multiple bottle-filling stations. This project was called the Wishing Well, and the plans are open-sourced at wwells.org so that the public could build it and make a difference. The Wesleyan design required the use of a machine shop.
To further the environmental impact of the idea Jamie Jacquart, Sustainability Director at UMASS Dartmouth, commissioned a senior design team to improve upon Wesleyan’s idea; utilizing the existing design concepts to design, build, and test a version of the Wishing Well without any tooling or processes too complex for the general public. Steps are taken to construct detailed documentation that will allow the common person to replicate the Wishing Well without the need for special equipment. By making the design accessible to the public, Wishing Wells provides the opportunity for anyone to make a difference.
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