ISLAMABAD: As many as 15,000 micro water purifiers, developed by chemical engineering graduates of the University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore have been distributed among flood-affected people in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Punjab.
This was stated by a non-governmental organisation, PakVitae, in a statement on Tuesday.
“These innovative filters are now providing clean water at 15,000 points delivering 500,000 litres per hour. These off-grid purifiers are easy to maintain and purify water with 99.9pc efficiency. They carry a two years performance warranty,” it stated.
The purifiers were developed using indigenous innovative ERM (esoteric resistive membrane) technology. The technology was invented by the UET Lahore chemical engineering graduates and founders of Pakvitae, Shayan Sohail and Arslan Ahmed.
“Unlike centralised water purification solutions which tend to get crowded, require power, infrastructure and supervision, these purifiers are provided to individual families who can easily maintain them and get readily available clean drinking water in their homes/camps,” it stated.
Each purifier costs only Rs4,000 and comes with a 15 litres container. This solution helps contain plastic pollution and carbon emissions as each filter saves up to two tonnes of carbon dioxide and 400 kg plastic waste over its lifetime of two years, delivering 10,000 litres of clean drinking water, which is equal to the drinking water need of a six-member family.
Published in Dawn, September 28th, 2022
