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Water purification in rural communities
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according to the World Health Organization (WHO) more than 700 million people worldwide have lack of access to permanent sources of potable water
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Mostly these people live in poor urban areas and fields, in developing countries and
consuming untreated water
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They take water from the rivers, lakes or rain and keep it in inadequate storage and drink it
without treatment
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Rain water harvesting and inadequate storage
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unsafe water causes the death of 2.5 million people worldwide
each year
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90 % of these deaths hit vulnerable population such as
children and old people
95 % these deaths occur in poor communities
99 % of these deaths can be avoided
Photos: Ensil Gómez / Fundamor / South Asia Pure Water Initiative Inc.
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Biosand filter
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The Biosand filter was developed in Calgary Univertity (Canada) in
90’s and had supplied clean water to millons of people
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Biosand filter
advantages
economic
98 % sucessfull
Low maintenan
ce
resistant and
durable
filtered solids
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biosand filter
removes pathogens and
turbidity
Photo: Dr. Tommy Ngai (Cawst)Ganesh Harijan, Nepal
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Limitations
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Although it has a low price many people can not buy it (about U.S. $ 60.00)
Should work three weeks before it is fully effective
The filter not remove dissolved compounds (salts, fluoride, arsenic)
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Design and Accessories
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tight lid (wood, plastic, etc.)
Fuente: CAWST, Canadá
perforated diffuser plate
pipe for potable water outletSchmutzdecke (dirt blanket)
fine sandseparation gravel
collector container (with lid) drainage gravel
Biosand filter
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Fuente: Inagor, Colombia
Biosand filter
spacer mesh
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operation
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poured a bucket of water rich in oxygen.
(even cloudy)
Fuente: CAWST, Canadá
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water flows through the perforated diffuser plate and combined with the
supernatant water layer is biological and with less oxygen and nutrients
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water enters into the sand area with low
gravity
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large sediment and pathogens are trapped in
the sand
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microorganisms die from lack of nutrients
and oxygen
Fuente: CAWST, Canadá
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filtered water exits the tube and falls to the collector container
keeping the lid
Fuente: CAWST, Canadá
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Commercial filter
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Commercial filter
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Comparison
800 lts/h √ √ √
60 lts/d √
need energy x
No energy √
US$ 1.000,00 x x x
US$ 60, 00 √ √
efectivity 99% √ √ √
efectivity 98% √ √ √
Commercial filter Biosand filter
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Conclusions
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gastrointestinal diseases caused by unsafe water consumption can be avoided almost entirely
It is possible to improve the quality of water consumed by households in isolated, rural and remote
communities
water disinfection requires relatively little investment in the demand and costs for the
maintenance systemThe craft biosand filter is as effective as the
best commercial filters
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Diseño y realización: Oscar Manuel Romero
Producción General:Fundación AMOR Venezuela
San Vicente y las Granadinasnoviembre de 2012
Traducción:Katherin Hernández