Tech to ​Purify Water ​Using Coconut ​Fibre

A group of 13 students from Higher College of Technology, Al Khuwair, Oman have developed a technology to purify water without losing its mineral contents using coconut fibre.

The waste from the process can also be used as a fertiliser for plants. “The water filter technology that we are familiar with will be equipped with grounded fibre material for effective filtering which work in two different ways”, says Mazen Khamis al Aufi, a fifth year student who heads the team. “First, it purifies water from various undesired impurities including salts and heavy metals in a natural way while retaining it’s mineral content and frees the water from any chlorine taste.

And after using the same for 4 months, the wasted fibre is a good manure to plants around us,” he said adding that it also has the ability to absorb those impurities in a much efficient way than normal filters do.

He further said that usually a filtering cartridge can be used for a month or so whereas the one developed by them can extend the life up to four months because it is enhanced with coconut fibre. The innovation names Nameer has already been presented to Oman’s Public Authority for Electricity and Water (PAEW) and it has passed the stringent tests. 

Al Aufi claims that this technology can be tried with any amount of water, whether it’s for domestic or commercial consumption. The youth team is in the process of registering the technology with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry under its Intellectual Property Act before it takes a giant leap to the international market.

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