Water is the most abundant resource on Earth, yet the world
faces many challenging, water-related problems. More than 1.2
billion people lack access to clean, safe water, and 2.6 billion
have little or no sanitation. Millions of people die annually
from the results of diseases transmitted through unsafe water.
World Community Grid is a secure, worldwide public network of
computers supporting scientific research. Right now, World
Community Grid has three research projects related One
initiative by the University of Virginia, Computing For
Sustainable Water, simulates how human behaviours and ecosystems
relate to one another in watersheds such as Chesapeake Bay. The
project will simulate and analyse the results of choices made by
the competing interests of fishermen, farmers, urban developers,
forestry experts The findings from this project may have
implications for 400 other major waterways worldwide – half of
which are under stress. Today, World Community Grid celebrates
eight years of bringing together volun