Technology for domestic use applied to the treatment and conditioning of water for human consumption for populations without access to tap water

Abstract

The general objective of this project is to contribute improving the quality of water for human consumption at the family level through the development of a Technology for Social Inclusion (TSI). The NoBac water filtering system is a safe, economical and sustainable alternative. It was developed within the framework of a triple impact project with emphasis on the social and environmental axes in order to generate an alternative of national origin, at an affordable cost, particularly for families without access to mains water in a situation of health vulnerability. In the process of developing this technology, different prototypes were designed and implemented, tested both in the laboratory and in low scale field assays, at peri-urban and rural households in Argentina and Perú. The filtering system is manually loaded and does not require external pressure or energy sources for its operation. Obtaining bacteriologically safe and organoleptically acceptable water is achieved by including disinfection and dechlorination stages, complying with microbiological quality parameters established in national regulations.