MEXICO CITY .- The project "Human hair, an alternative to remove lead from contaminated water," Juan Jose Estrada Serra won the first National Award Junior Water 2010. This young high school student, who will represent Mexico in the Stockholm Junior Water Prize in Sweden, received a check and a diploma during a ceremony at the chapel Gothic Hellenic Cultural Institute. The event was chaired by the Swedish ambassador in Mexico, Anna Lindstedt, who noted the importance of creating an awareness of environmental care and a special focus on the importance of preserving water resources. He stressed that the environment plays a very important role in the political agendas of Sweden and Mexico, and recognized the potential for further collaboration on these issues. He mentioned that his country access to water has taken on key importance for economic and social development, applying advanced technologies for efficient operation and friendly. In turn, René Bolado, the Ministry of Public Works Federal District, acknowledged the projects that made the award winners and said the government of the country's capital, it is essential to support and motivate youth to participate actively in the generation of proposals to mitigate and solve related problems as severe with water. "Mexico faces serious problems of water availability, both in quantity and quality. Large cities, especially Mexico City, have water shortages. The aquifers are overexploited and some contaminated. "The second place went to Cecilia Lara Mondragón Federal District with the" Moringa oleifera, natural flocculant. The third place went to brothers Emilio Bernal Gómez Rocío and the project "Bamboo Filters: Mass treatment of wastewater."
Source: Environmental Theorem
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