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DOST offers water purifiers to storm-hit villages
By David Israel Sinay
Visayas Bureau
First Posted 23:08:00 07/23/2008
ILOILO CITY, Philippines -- The Industrial Technology DevelopmentInstitute (ITDI) has developed an "easy to install" water purifierthat can solve the potable water needs of typhoon-hit strickenareas in far-flung communities.
The ITDI is one of the research and development institutes of theDepartment of Science and Technology (DOST) that delves intomaterials science, electronics and process control, fuels andenergy, food processing, and environment.
DOST regional director Rowen Gellonga said the installation of this"simple" facility would cost at least P10,000, which could besubsidized by the local government units concerned.
It plans to bring a unit of the water purifier from the DOSTcentral office in Manila to Iloilo on Friday and present it tolocal government units in typhoon-hit areas here. Once installed,it will produce purified water for the consumption of theirconstituents, particularly in remote villages.
The system has been tested at the DOST central office, he said.
Gellonga said the facility "could easily be installed in thedistant villages because it uses local components... a very simpleseries of filters."
Gellonga, however, said the water purifier's filter system might be"slow" in processing drinking water. He said the facility couldinitially generate less than 100 liters of potable water in an hour"which could not meet the requirements of a community."
"We are trying to achieve its maximum capacity to serve thecommunity," he told the Philippine Daily Inquirer in a telephoneinterview Tuesday.
He said the facility would provide drinking water to villageswithout access for potable water.
The pipelines of the Metro Iloilo Water District, the sole waterdistribution facility here, and water sources such as deep wellswere damaged and contaminated with floodwater and mud when typhoonFrank lashed the city last June.
Drinking water in the metropolis is currently sourced from thewater treatment facilities lent and offered by other governmentagencies and private organizations while others go for bottledwater.
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