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| − | |[[Image:ropepump.jpg|left|200px]] Project: [http://www.akvo.org/rsr/project/17/ Training on Rope Pump Manufacture, Madagascar]. Training private sector operators in low-cost hand pump manufacture. | + | |[[Image:Sujol.jpg|left|200px]] Project: [http://akvo.org/rsr/project/276/ '''Sujol's first village test - Kalaroa''']. Introducing Voltea CapD-I technology to eliminate arsenic from water supply. |
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| − | Project partners: [http://www.akvo.org/rsr/organisation/15/ Practica Foundation], [http://www.akvo.org/rsr/organisation/43/ Aqua for All], and [http://www.akvo.org/rsr/organisation/17/ VSA].
| + | * 3 water systems |
| | + | * 30000 people affected |
| | + | * 10 years duration |
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| − | Result: 8 people trained during workshop, 480 people affected.
| + | Location: Asia, Bangladesh, Kalaroa |
| | + | 22.858314, 89.039436 |
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| − | Description: Training local workshops to manufacture family rope pumps to facilitate dissemination of package of low cost water drilling and pumping techs at both community and household levels by Voahary Salama.
| + | One of three test locations that will for the first time assess the viability of Voltea CapD-I technology as a sustainable solution to contaminated water, for impoverished communities in Bangladesh. Developed by Voltea, a Unilever Ventures company, CapD-I is an innovative, low energy, non-chemical breakthrough that can treat arsenic contaminated water in an affordable and effective way. The testing will span a period of 18 months. |
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Project: Sujol's first village test - Kalaroa. Introducing Voltea CapD-I technology to eliminate arsenic from water supply.
- 3 water systems
- 30000 people affected
- 10 years duration
Location: Asia, Bangladesh, Kalaroa
22.858314, 89.039436
One of three test locations that will for the first time assess the viability of Voltea CapD-I technology as a sustainable solution to contaminated water, for impoverished communities in Bangladesh. Developed by Voltea, a Unilever Ventures company, CapD-I is an innovative, low energy, non-chemical breakthrough that can treat arsenic contaminated water in an affordable and effective way. The testing will span a period of 18 months.
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