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Clean water for Africa

A solar powered system for filtering and Ozone disinfecting rural water supplies for communities

paul-scottPaul Scott
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This project was created on 01/24/2015 and last updated 11 years ago.

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Using a combination of traditional water filtration methods, as well as generating purifying ozone via a solar source, water from just about any source can be turned into potable water for use in cleaning, cooking and drinking.

In Africa, especially, there are more than 350 million people, and over 750 million people around the world, with no access to clean water. Additionally, over 840 000 people die each year from water borne infections and disease.

This is, of course, highly preventable, but as water purification set ups are generally very expensive, and require large amounts of electricity to operate, I have decided to go a little lower tech, whilst still providing the highest quality water possible.

There should be very few moving parts, or complex electronics, to ensure that the units can be easily maintained by the community itself.

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    Paul Scott • 01/24/2015 at 13:49 • 3 comments

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    for the initial image. I am just borrowing it, as my wife is a pro photographer, and should supply me with images soon!

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Polymath8 wrote 04/10/2025 at 05:09 • point

This is excellent! I am working on a similar project myself as well. a looping system with easily sourced parts. Feel free to check out my Github repository. open source, DIY 

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higorsantiago wrote 08/02/2022 at 11:11 • point

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mr.jb wrote 08/19/2015 at 05:16 • point

Biosand

http://www.cawst.org/resources/biosand-filter

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UV light ....( natural ) and/or powered by solar cell

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Active carbon to remove chemicals....

In some areas collecting water from the fog might be the best ...

https://www.allianz.com/en/about_us/open-knowledge/topics/environment/articles/110304-collecting-drinking-water-from-fog.html/


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Paul Scott wrote 08/19/2015 at 11:42 • point

I have been experimenting with Ozone as well as UV light, after using a filtration system and then the activated charcoal filter method as on the biosand site that you posted. Ozone is good, but not great for potential accidents/leakages. Will look more into the UV systems though too.

Good thing about an ozone generator, is that you can make one in about 15 minutes... UV II suspect would take longer, and getting replacement lamps into the field may be problematic.

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Mike Szczys wrote 05/29/2015 at 19:41 • point

This should totally be a Hackaday Prize entry!

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