Community Water Distribution Center

I made a water distribution center to combat issues with heat and dehydration.

TinkerCad

Where I live, the temperature during the summer becomes scolding hot. We also live close to a poverty stricken area where many homeless people live. Sitting out in the sun for hours like that is incredibly dangerous. (Especially today when it hit 105 degrees)

Research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that around 2000 to 2400 Americans die each year because of heat related incidents. In addition to this, around 10,000 Americans die of dehydration each year. Once I heard this, I wondered if there was a way to partially cut down on those numbers. As a result of that, I came up with the community water station!

A simple idea came to mind, which was giving out water! While I couldn't build a building, I wanted to come up with a simple design that isn't to complicated, but gets the job done.

Since heat and dehydration are closely hand-in-hand, I decided to focus on it. I then began designing the water station as a way to give out water to people who were thirsty and also grant temporary shelter to shield from the sun!

Now, to get into the details of the design,

For the design, I just decided to use TinkerCad to make a small brick building with an overhanging roof for shade. At first, I made a simple grass baseplate with a asphalt parking spot for some and just a path in general. Next, I focused on the house. I didn't want to make it too complicated, so I just made a simple brick pattern with a triangle roof and an overhang at the door for even more shade. Finally, I made the water bottles, which would be distributed to the people going there. Making the community center really showed me how this could be used in real life.

I feel like this building could be put next to a town or really any highly public area, so it would be easily accessible and close to most people. Even though this may not solve the problem entirely, I really believe it would help.