From 98f7fb83f1f3d238cb5c38d36633d4d64966d8ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leonardo Nazareth <48924229+leonazareth@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2021 23:18:26 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Updated QOD August 2021 (markdown) --- QOD-August-2021.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/QOD-August-2021.md b/QOD-August-2021.md index 78aaab7..5ae34d9 100644 --- a/QOD-August-2021.md +++ b/QOD-August-2021.md @@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ No | Name | Role | Contact **Presenter:** Leonardo Nazareth **Description:** The lack of access to safe drinking water and sanitation is one of the biggest problems the world has to face, especially when it comes to developing nations, it is estimated that: -* 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services. -* 4.2 billion people (Over half of the global population) lack safely managed sanitation services. +* 2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services. +* 3.6 billion people (Over half of the global population) lack safely managed sanitation services. -The Open-Source philosophy can be very supportive, encouraging access to information or developing free and open access technologies, which I belive is the best way to train qualified professionals to face the problem. +The Open-Source philosophy can be very supportive, encouraging access to information or developing free and open access technologies, which I believe is the best way to train qualified professionals to face the problem. With that in mind, I joined my two passions, QGIS and sanitation, and I've been helping to develop a plugin called saniBID RedBasica that helps in the design and dimensioning of sewage collection networks and works for both Conventional and Condominial methodology, but which has exclusive tools for design condominium systems.