Low Cost Potable Water

I follow the Earth Institute and came across the video clip covering the work JM Eagle did in Senegal , piping water to a village and freeing up time for the folk there, especially women.

One of the images in the video is of a water tower and it looks like the one in the picture on the right.
The equipment in the front in this picture ( from Thailand) is a system we have developed and deployed in many countries that are off the water grid.

Typically towns in the 5 000 to 20 000 range with potable water supply needs. This system has few moving parts, and is easy to operation , with very low maintenance .. We have installed these in St Lucia, Puerto Rico & Thailand.


Rough Costs of a 20 Gal / Day /head for this system works out to a range of 2 to 3 US $ per Year. No special skills, energy consumption is a fraction of a membrane system delivering comparable water quality.