22 Dec 2022

Engineering students helping to restore drinking water

From Afternoons, 1:25 pm on 22 December 2022

A group of student engineers at the University of Canterbury have recently returned from a trip to install drinking water systems at Tongan schools.

The trip was part of Diploma in Global Humanitarian Engineering, with the team working alongside staff and students to disinfect water for 2,500 students in the three different schools.

Tim Dunshea was one of the engineering students involved, he talks to Jesse.

UC Diploma in Humanitarian Engineering students bring clean water to Tongan students

UC Diploma in Humanitarian Engineering students bring clean water to Tongan students Photo: Supplied