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On this page, commercial water treatment systems are presented whose material aligns with Akvopedia's supportive WASH focus. The content has been provided by the companies who produce the products, but this does not mean that Akvo endorses any particular product or business. If you want to add a product, please contact winona@akvo.org. <br><br>===Product: Tulip Siphon Water Filter===[[Image:siphon_reg.jpg|right|200px|Tulip Siphon Water Filter]] Here at Basic Water Needs, we have developed three Tulip filtration technology products: Tulip Siphon, Tulip Table Top, and Tulip Group Filter. Our Tulip technology is developed, produced and distributed according to BWN’s core values: simple, affordable and available. The Tulip Technology has been extensively tested both internally by our R&D department as well as externally by several renowned agencies. Amongst those are the Waterlaboratorium Noord, Environmental Monitoring Service and the Malawian Ministry of Water. <br>[[Tulip Siphon Water Filter | Click here for full product information on Tulip Siphon Water Filter]]<br><br><br><br> ===Product: TRUNZ WATER SYSTEMS===[[Image:TRUNZakvo.jpg|thumb|right|200px|TRUNZ WATER SYSTEMS provides purification, disinfection and emergency products. Photo: [http://www.watertechtrading.com/ Water Tech Trading].]]TRUNZ WATER SYSTEMS is a designer and manufacturer of water purification equipment for use in remote and harsh environments. Their designs incorporate a unique combination of advanced (membrane) filtration technologies and renewable energy sources. As the systems generate their own power supply for water purification it is a preferred choice for “off-grid” remote areas. The combination of sustainable independent power generation and robust (SWISS quality) components makes it an ideal solution for Drinking Water Shortages in harsh areas.  Through Water Tech Trading, SOS water represents the heart of our company. This is where we try to make a difference by providing water in need. With simple mobile units and a strong will to help, we ensure fresh water is available in calamity regions that lack clean water. Please join us in making this possible. [[TRUNZ WATER SYSTEMS | Click here for full product information for TRUNZ WATER SYSTEMS]]<br><br>===Product: Sawyer PointONE™ Biological Water Filters===[[Image:Sawyer Saves.jpg.jpg|thumb|right|200px|For only USD$ 50 a filter kit can be purchased. All you need is a bucket.]]We launched the Sawyer Saves campaign to enable individuals to easily join us in bringing clean, safe water quickly and inexpensively to people in need. We've partnered with several prominent humanitarian organizations that are working toward solving the global water crisis and are sharing the inspirational stories of lives changed that we've personally witnessed. All of our products use the Sawyer Hollow Fiber Membrane Filter to deliver 0.1 absolute micron biological filtration. Sawyer filters remove 7 log (99.99999%) of all bacteria like Salmonella and E. coli; and 6 log (99.9999%) of all protozoa such as Giardia and Cryptosporidium. The filters are housed in different casings for different uses. Here are our most popular clean water solutions for international travel and disaster response: * Sawyer Squeeze Filter System* Sawyer PointONE™ Filter Kit & Sawyer Point Zero Two™ Purifier Kit [[Sawyer PointONE™ Biological Water Filters|Click here for full product information for Sawyer PointONE™ Biological Water Filters]] ===Product: H2Optima===[[Image:H2optima.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The [[H2Optima]] unit can change brackish or sea water to potable water, using solar panels and no other input energy in the process, making this unit highly sustainable.]]Based on the original idea of desalination plants, Optima Renovables has developed a solar powered water purification unit specifically for areas that have no electricity supply. For this device, an intelligent power management system has been created, to control the energy generated by the photovoltaic modules and the energy required by the treatment membranes system and pumps. Thanks to this system, high performance is obtained during the majority of the operating time. This optimizes the total results of the volume of processed water and therefore increasing the efficiency of the equipment. H2Optima is suitable for any type of water, from slightly contaminated water to sea water, obtaining productions from 500 to 7500 liters/ day, depending on the starting water, only using the energy produced by the 3 photovoltaic panels. [[H2Optima|Click here for full product information for the H2Optima purification system.]] ===Product: Naiade===[[Image:naiade3.jpg|thumb|right|200px| The Naiade water purification unit used in India. Note the PV panel above the unit.]]The Naiade water disinfection unit is a spin-off from Nedap’s and Trojan’s know-how of large scale drinking water and industrial waste water treatment plants. The Naiade drinking water disinfection unit very effectively combines the potential offered by solar energy, UV light and battery back-up. The Naiade has been designed to remove bacteria, protozoa, viruses and colloidal parts from raw sweet water. It operates without the use of fossil fuel or chemicals.  [[Naiade water purification unit | Click here for full product information for the Naiade water purification system.]] <br><br><br> ===Product: Villagepump 700===[[Image:Villagepump700.jpg|thumb|right|200px| The Village pump 700]]The VILLAGEPUMP 700 yields at least 700 litres of fully purified, cool drinking water an hour or over 5.5 m3 per day, all of the qualities that meets WHO standards. Each Villagepump employs multi-stage filtering that reduce diseases by removing waterborne pathogens that can cause diarrhoea, dysentery, cholera and hepatitis. The units can operate from all forms of surface water, including ponds, lakes and streams. [[Villagepump 700| Click here for full product information on the Village Pump 700]] <br><br><br><br> ===Product: QuaWater Village Solution=== [[Image:VillageSolution2.jpg|thumb|right|200px| The Village Solution provides safe drinking water to rural villages and settlements]] The QuaWater Village Solution (TM) is a stand-alone system, designed together with a South African CBO to provide a permanent, multi-purpose water supply wherever surface water is available. It uses a combination of proven technologies to purify contaminated ground or surface water and supply safe drinking water. Depending on local needs other features, such as utility water for washing or water for cattle and irrigation can be added. Where needed provisions are made for the protection of the water source. <br> Up to 2000 people can be served with drinking and utility water and the system can be easily scaled up. <br><br> [[Village Solution | Click here for full product information for Village Solution system.]]<br><br><br><br>===Product: AquaPak===[[Image:AquaPak.jpg|thumb|right|200px| AquaPak. Photo: [http://www.solarcleanwatersolution.com/ Solar Solutions.]]] The AquaPak uses cloth roughing filtration and solar disinfection to treat contaminated water. It is made from low cost polyethylene plastic (also used in food preparation boiling bags) with UV inhibitors added, and air-filled bubble pack sheeting (originally developed for the packing industry), the AquaPak can heat water to temperatures up to 65 degrees Celsius, a temperature that will kill waterborne pathogens using only sunlight. Depending on the availability of sunlight throughout the day, an AquaPak can produce up to 10 litres of water per dayorg.

<br>{|<br> ===Product: Rain PC===|-|[[Image:rain pcelemental_water_makers.jpg|thumb|right|200px120px|link=Elemental Water Makers|Photo: <center>[[httpElemental Water Makers|Elemental <br>Water Makers]]<br>Based in Netherlands, worldwide offices in://wwwCentral America, Caribbean, Cape Verde, Asia & Pacific, and South Africa.aquaesteuropeLow cost solar desalination solutions.com</rainpc.htm AquaEst Europe]center>]] With the AquaEst Rain PC system, rainwater is purified by means of multi-stage and multi-media filtration. It’s a three-stage filtration system using 80 micron and 10 micron pre-filters along with an activated carbon |[[Image:nazava filter in which the colloidal silver-ceramic balls and metallic copper are embedded. The RainPC eliminates (pathogenic) bacteria and organic and inorganic pollutants/contaminants. jpg|thumb|right|120px|link=Nazava Water Filters|<center>[[AquaEst Rain PC Nazava Water Filters| Click here for full product information for AquaEst Rain PC]]Nazava <br>Water Filters]]<br>Based in Indonesia. BPA free plastic. Many different kinds of filters.<br/center>]] ===Product: Filterpen Norit===|[[Image:Norit penpurification bottle.jpg|thumb|right|200px120px|The Norit water filter pen. Photo: [link=http://wwwakvopedia.livingwatersway.comorg/incwiki/sdetail/livingwaters__norit_filter_pen/304/468 Living WatersGoodWater_-_Emergency_Purification_System|<center>[[GoodWater - Emergency Purification System|GoodWater - Emergency <br>Purification System]]] The FilterPen is a handy water filter in the form of a straw which filters the water by means of X-Flow micro filtration membranes. The membranes have an average pore diameter of 0<br>Ships to Africa,18 micrometers and a maximum pore diameter of 0,25 micrometersN. It therefore removes mainly bacteria and protozoa. Viruses are not removed because they are smaller than the pores. If there are indications that the water to be purified is contaminated with viruses or if there are doubts about this, prior treatment should be given to the water before using FilterPen& S. The flow rate is 0America,5 L/min at 0Australia,1 bar. It is suitable for purification of about 100 litres of waterAsia, depending on the quality of the water to be purified and whether the instructions for maintenance and cleaning are followed.Europe</center>]]|[[Filterpen NoritImage:solar water device.png|thumb|right|120px|link=http://akvopedia.org/wiki/GoodWater_-_Solar_Water_Disinfection_Device| Click here for full product information for the Filterpen Norit]]<brcenter>[[GoodWater - Solar Water Disinfection Device|GoodWater - Solar <br>Water Disinfection Device]]<br>Ships to Africa, N. & S. America, Australia, Asia, and Europe<br/center>]]<br><br>===Product:LifeStraw===|[[Image:lifestrawacqua1 photo.jpg|thumb|right|200px120px|The Lifestraw in use. Photo: [link=http://wwwakvopedia.vestergaard-frandsen.comorg/wiki/lifestraw Vestergaard Frandsen]]] LifeStraw® is a portable simple filtration device, which measures around 25 cm long and 29 mm in diameter, and filters up to 700 litres of water. LifeStraw® contains a specially developed halogenated resin that kills bacteria and viruses on contact; a special chamber further increases the exposure of microGoodWater_-organisms to the halogenated resin, thereby enhancing the killing effect. Micro_Acqua1_Preservation_and_Storage_of_Water|<center>[[GoodWater -filters are used to remove all particles down to 15 microns. Granular activated carbon (silver-impregnated) adsorbs residual iodine thereby improving the taste of water. It filters up to 700 litres of water Acqua1 Preservation and effectively removes most Storage of the micro organisms responsible for causing waterborne diseases. [[LifeStrawWater| Click here for full product information for LifeStraw]]GoodWater - Acqua1 <br>Preservation and <br>Storage of Water]]<br>Ships to Africa, N. & S. America, Australia, Asia, and Europe<br/center>]]<br><br>===Product:LifeStraw Family===|[[Image:lifestraw familypro-cleanse bucket.jpg|thumb|right|200px120px|There is a high-flow rate family unit of LifeStraw. Photo: [link=http://wwwakvopedia.vestergaard-frandsen.comorg/lifestrawwiki/lifestrawProCleanse_-_Water_Filtration|<center>[[ProCleanse - Water Filtration|ProCleanse -family/comparison Vestergaard Frandsen.<br>Water Filtration]]] LifeStraw® Family is a point-of-use instant microbiological purifier that allows people <br>Ships to create their own homemade drinking water. The process of filtration begins when dirty water is poured into the pre-filter bucket. The 27 micron pre-filter removes coarser turbidity. At the bottom of the bucket: Africa, Central & South America, there is a halogen chamber that releases minimal chlorine to prevent the formation of biofilm on the membrane.  Simple gravity forces the water through a tube and into the purification cartridge, which contains millions of tiny pores called capillary membranes (ultrafiltration, pore size of 20 nanometres) that retain bacteria, virusesCaribbean, parasites and fine particles. Subsequently, clean and safe water is then ready to flow from the attached blue tap. The average flow rate is 8 - 10 litresAsia]]</hour. As tested at the University of Arizona, the initial flow rate is 12center>|-19 litres/hour.  |[[LifeStraw FamilyImage:siphon_reg.jpg|thumb|right|120px|link=Tulip Siphon Water Filter| Click here for full product information for LifeStraw Family]]<brcenter>[[Tulip Siphon Water Filter|Tulip Siphon<br>Water Filter]]<br>Ships to: Europe, India, and more]]<br/center>===Product|[[Image:Perfector-E==TRUNZ.jpg|thumb|right|120px|link=TRUNZ WATER SYSTEMS|<center>[[TRUNZ WATER SYSTEMS]]]]</center>|[[Image:perfecter-e3Sawyer Saves.jpg.jpg|thumb|right|200px120px|The Perfector-E for emergencies. Photo: PWN Technologieslink=Sawyer PointONE™ Biological Water Filters|<center>[[Sawyer PointONE™ Biological Water Filters|Sawyer PointONE™<br>Biological Water Filters]] The Perfector-E is a self-contained portable water treatment system. It is originally developed for emergency aid purposes by PWN, Waterleidingbedrijf Noord-Holland, <br> Ships to parts of the Netherlands. HoweverMiddle East, it is also applicable as a permanentAfrica, decentralisedAsia, stand-alone water supplying unit. The Perfector-E is capable of treating any polluted surface water and providing high quality potable water. It is not designed for desalinationCentral & South America, but it is a perfect pre-treatment for RO. The perfector-E should be kept at a maximum distance of 25 meters from a water source. In addition to Perfector-Ethe Caribbean, there’s Perfector-O which is effective in treating heavily polluted water (ArsenicEurope, TDSIndia, IronIndonesia, Fluoride, and the like of it). The technology uses similar techniques with addition of RO adsorption and UV light radiation. Perfector-O provides high removal of As (III) and As (V). It does not introduce toxic residues. [[Perfector-E| Click here for full product information for Perfector-ENew Zealand]]<br/center>|[[Image:H2optima.jpg|thumb|right|120px|link=H2Optima|<brcenter>[[H2Optima]]<br>Ships to Spain and beyond]]<br/center>===Product:PUR===|[[Image:PURnaiade3.jpg|thumb|right|200px120px|Using the PUR packet is simple. Photo: The link=Naiade water purification unit|<center>[[https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=69064057845 Congo Children Chant “We Will Drink Only PUR”Naiade water purification unit|Naiade water<br>purification unit], Facebook page.]] The flocculants/disinfectant powder PUR has been proven <br>Ships to remove the vast majority of bacteriaNetherlands, virusesIndia, and protozoaGhana, even in highly turbid waters. PUR has also been documented to reduce diarrheal disease from 16 to greater than 90% incidence in five randomizedTanzania, controlled health intervention studies. In additionTurkey, PUR removes heavy metalsMali, such as arsenicChina, and chemical contaminants from water.others]]</center> 190 million sachets of PUR, treating 1,9 million litres of water, have been distributed in emergency response or old through social marketing projects in 2003-2009|[[Image:Villagepump 500. PUR has been made available in over 55 countries with numerous partners using a variety of strategies. For distribution, P&G works with over 80 organizations such as PSI, CAREpng|thumb|right|120px|link=Villagepump 500 Standard|<center>[[Villagepump 500 Standard]]<br>Ships to Africa, World VisionArabia, Aquaya InstituteIndonesia, USAID, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the International Council of Nurses, Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs, Save the Children, Samaritan's Purse and Americares.Philippines]]</center>|-|[[PUR (Flocculant/Disinfectant)Image:VillageSolution2.jpg|thumb|right|120px|link=QuaWater Village Solution|<center>[[QuaWater Village Solution| Click here for full product information for PURQuaWater<br>Village Solution]]<br> South Africa headquarters]]</center>|[[Image:AquaPak.jpg|thumb|right|120px|link=AquaPak Solar Water heater and Pasteurizer|<center>[[AquaPak Solar Water heater and Pasteurizer|AquaPak Solar Water <br>Heater and Pasteurizer]]<br>Global distribution, tested and used in 57 countries]]<br/center>===Product|[[Image: Pureit==rain pc.jpg|thumb|right|120px|link=AquaEst Rain PC|<center>[[AquaEst Rain PC|AquaEst Rain PC]]<Br>Based in Netherlands]]</center>|[[Image:pureit3Norit pen.jpg|thumb|right|200px120px|link=Filterpen Norit|The Pureit household filtrations units. Photo: India InfoLine.<center>[[Filterpen Norit]] Pureit purification system is a compact drinking water treatment product suitable for household use. It is developed by the Hindustan Unilever. The core of this system is its unique Germkill Battery Kit which consists of the Compact carbon trap<br>USA based, Germkill processor, and Polisher. Each of these kits performs a certain treatment method.global distribution]]</center> It is designed to give 1500 litres of water (throughout its lifespan) at a water temperature of 25°C, in moderate humidity conditions|[[Image:lifestraw. The battery life may vary depending on your daily water consumption. jpg|thumb|right|120px|link=LifeStraw|<center>[[Pureit| Click here for full product information for PureitLifeStraw]]<br>Switzerland headquarters, global distribution]]<br/center>|[[Image:lifestraw family.jpg|thumb|right|120px|link=LifeStraw Family|<brcenter>[[LifeStraw Family]]<br>Switzerland headquarters, global distribution]]<br/center>|-===Product:WaterPurifier===|[[Image:WaterPurifierperfecter-e3.jpg‎jpg|thumb|right|200px120px|link=Perfector-E|<center>[[Perfector-E]] The WaterPurifier is a water treatment system that can be installed <br>Based in Netherlands, office in rural areas. The unit removes all pathogens and produces clean and safe drinking water without external use of electricity or chemicals.Singapore]]</center> The contaminated water is first filtrated with a ceramic filter, then a second time using a disinfection unit which is solar powered|[[Image:PUR. The applied membrane is a 1 m2 tubular ceramic ultrafiltration membrane with a pore size of 40 nm. The ceramic membrane has 120 tubular membranes inside with inside diameter of 2 mm. With the application of electrolysis, the produced water remains free of bacteria and recontamination cannot take place, because of the production of chlorine residue. jpg|thumb|right|120px|link=PUR - Flocculant/Disinfectant|<center>[[WaterPurifierPUR - Flocculant/Disinfectant | Click here for full product information for WaterPurifierPUR - Flocculant / <br>Disinfectant]]<br>India and beyond]]</center>|[[Image:pureit3.jpg|thumb|right|120px|link=Pureit|<center>[[Pureit]]<br>India]]<br/center>===Product:CapDI===|[[Image:capdiWaterPurifier.jpgjpg‎|thumb|right|200px120px|link=WaterPurifier|<center>[[WaterPurifier]] Voltea’s award-winning desalination technology<br>Kenya, Benin, Haiti, CapDI (Capacitive deionization)Rwanda, is a simple Tanzania and innovative way to remove dissolved salts from water with high recovery rate and low energy consumption.China]]</center> Voltea commercializes Capacitive Deionization (CapDI) in a number of applications, ranging from industrial water re-use to residential water softening|[[Image:capdi. jpg|thumb|right|120px|link=CapDI is the world’s most efficient system to desalinate brackish water. |<center>[[CapDI| Click here for full product information for CapDI]]<br>Based in Netherlands, global distribution]]</center>|}