HUBER SafeDrink® Solution for Potable Water Generation from Surface Water
Pure water is life!
Clean potable water is scarce in many developing and emerging countries. 5,000 people, mostly children, die every day because they drink polluted water. Millions of poor people pay excessively high prices for bottled water sold by enterprising businessmen.
In truth, it is neither difficult nor expensive to generate potable water from moderately polluted surface water:
Our HUBER Solution SafeDrink® is simple and affordable. Our plants have a capacity of up to 10 m³/h; in theory this flow would be sufficient to supply 120 million people with potable water.
Systems concept
Systems concept
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Process
Process
System Description
Surface water taken from rivers, streams, lakes or ponds is mechanically pre-treated with a HUBER ROTAMAT® Fine Screen to remove debris and other disturbing solids.
Coagulation and/or flocculants are dosed into the pre-treated water for generation of flocs by aggregation of small particles. Most of the flocs are removed by sedimentation in a clarifier (see also our HUBER Solutions for Sedimentation).
Remaining fine flocs are removed with a continuously operated HUBER CONTIFLOW® Sand Filter. The sand bed therein is continuously washed. Backwash water is returned to the clarifier.
The filtrate is finally disinfected by chlorination, to prevent re-infection during distribution or after bottling.
Sludge removed from the clarifier is either dewatered with a small ROTAMAT® Screw Press or on simple drying beds. It is reused for soil improvement.
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Products
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Photos
Photos
- Clean potable water should not remain a luxury
- HUBER CONTIFLOW® Sandfilters in Sudan
