# Meet the Water Canary

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2011
- Speaker: Sonaar Luthra
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/sonaar_luthra_meet_the_water_canary)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

After a crisis, how can we tell if water is safe to drink? Current tests are slow and complex, and the delay can be deadly, as in the cholera outbreak after Haiti's earthquake in 2010. TED Fellow Sonaar Luthra previews his design for a simple tool that quickly tests water for safety -- the Water Canary.

## Lectures

1. [Meet the Water Canary](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/sonaar_luthra_meet_the_water_canary/dc62a2b40daa), 4 min (TED's player)