Sotrad Water solution attempts to provide safe drinking water to emerging-market rural areas of 200 to 2000 people. Its design makes it long-lasting, sustainable, and low-maintenance.
Water is drawn from boreholes or wells and goes through a treatment line that removes particles in the water and adds a particular amount of chlorine to make the water consumable, thanks to 8 solar panels. Following this phase, the water quality meets the WHO’s bacteriological drinking water criteria. Then, in the lack of sunshine, an 8 m3 water tank at a height enables for water distribution. A remote data management system delivers water and energy production data to the cloud and provides local professionals with information on maintenance requirements.
Positive facts about Sotrad Water Pump&Drink solution :
- 1 P&D system provides water to up to 2000 people.
- 200 hours per day saved for women and children per community.
- 20+ years lifetime.
- No GHGs and particles emissions during operation (100% reduction of GHGs emissions compared to diesel or gasoline pumps, wood and coal burning for water boiling).
- No battery needed for the distribution.
- Increase in local agricultural production .
- The life-cycle cost of a PV system is about 36% less expensive than a diesel pumping system.
- Every 1$ invested in water and sanitation provides an economic return of 3 to 34$ .
- Fighting rural exodus by better life in the rural sector.
Video about Sotrad Water
Visit their website for all details : https://www.sotradwater.be/en-gb
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