The “low-power small-scale water purification package technology” cashes in on abundant precipitation of the country. (image: Marcus T Ward@flickr)
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 01 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s state-run research institute has lent a helping hand to a developing country to improve the quality of life for its people. The Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute, a research outfit under the Ministry of Environment, held a completion ceremony for a rainwater purification facility at Anawim Elementary School in Davao City in Mindanao, the southernmost island in the country.
The project was initiated by the institute as part of a wider program to give assistance to low-income families in the developing world using appropriate environmental technologies. The latest rainwater project, called the “low-power small-scale water purification package technology,” takes advantage of abundant precipitation of the country and turns the rainwater into clean water fit for drinking and cooking.
The facility is capable of processing 10 tons of clean water plus 2 tons of drinking-grade water for 800 residents in the neighborhood including the elementary school students. The area is inhabited by low-income families who have had difficulty paying for expensive tap water bills.
An official of the institute said that the program will be expanded toward other Asian developing countries including Indonesia, Nepal, Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Mongolia, Laos, and Myanmar from next year. The official added, “Recently the global trend in official development assistance is shifting away from just giving away money and food and moving more toward transfer of technology appropriate for the area’s conditions. We believe our program will be part of that trend changing the ODA paradigm.”
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