The company said that each of the purifiers is electrically self-sustained to individual solar panels and can produce eight gallons of water per minute a piece.
The system begins the purification by dropping a submersible pump into the river, which delivers the water to a reservoir. The reservoir pressurises the water and sends it through a media filter for turbidity and particulate reduction.
The system then sends the filtered water through an activated carbon chamber followed by a cartridge filter, which purifies the water down to one micron. Finally, the system pushes the water through a UV filter for final viral disinfection resulting in completely pure, drinkable water.
Cameroon’s capital city Yaounde’s three million-plus inhabitants need a daily water supply of over 300,000 m3. The Nyong River in Yaounde and Lake Chad are primary sources of water for the city but often the water coming out of taps is contaminated, according to reports, while several towns and villages in Cameroon do not have access to potable and clean drinking water.
