Self-powered Water Purifier
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology
Dive in-line Purifier to be Deployed in Dry Rural Areas of Uganda Where Clean Water is Scarce
Canadian engineering start-up, Formarum, has received a $112,000 grant from Grand Challenges Canada for its self-powered water purification device. The Toronto-based company was one of 22 Canadian projects to receive backing by the Government of Canada-funded organization, which supports sustainable technology, social and business solutions to health challenges in developing nations.
Requiring no outside power source, the company's Dive purifier incorporates a small turbine generator that produces electricity internally from the water flowing through the device. The electricity powers Dive's automated copper-silver ionization process, which treats the water as it flows. The system also automatically adjusts the disinfection rate based on water flow rate. Once connected to a pipeline, the device functions without technical expertise or a dedicated power supply.
Those qualities will be critical, the GCC says. In partnership with Oakville, Ontario-based charitable organization, H2O4ALL, the Dive purifier will be used to treat water in Uganda where the majority of the country's rural people live in dry regions that make obtaining adequate clean water a perpetual challenge.
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