There are many different kinds of water purifiers that we know of in the market, and this is because everyone has become very health conscious. The thing is, how about those who live in underdeveloped areas and do not have access to clean water even? This is where the new solar-powered water purification system developed by environmental company Watersprint comes in handy, and you can be sure that the Watersprint is very capable, since the UN has selected this particular model to distribute to various communities in Bangladesh.
The Watersprint is the brainchild of Kenneth M. Persson and engineer Ola Hansson from Lund University in Sweden, where the Micro Production Centre (MPC) has the unenviable task of disinfecting and purifying water using UV-LED technology, while coupling that with intelligent software and WiFi connectivity in order to monitor the device.
It is extremely energy efficient, being able to be powered by a solitary solar panel, ensuring it remains lightweight and portable. The solar panel itself will juice up a battery for back-up energy purposes, letting it function even when it is night.
So far, the UN has placed an order of 500 Watersprint units to make their way to Bangladesh, and this is but a step in the right direction. The Watersprint can even send alerts out should it run into a malfunction thanks to text messages to the handset of the person handling said machine, and the embedded LED lights are an indicator of whether there is a problem or not should WiFi be unavailable.
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