This low cost water purifier uses the Solar energy which is available abundantly in India and it is free.
Te cost of making this purifier is about $ 60-75 with easily available material. There is one critical component the evacuated tube…which is available from Solar water heating companies.
In bangalore we got it for $18…we have a source in Pondicherry where it is available for $6 but has to be purchased in bulk.
Icarus design (www.icarus.co.in), a leading Industrial Design firm, based in Bangalore India, worked with NID ( Kunal singh) (www.nid.edu) and Aurore (http://www.auroville.com/aurore/) to develop a low cost solar water heater.
The initial prototypes produced only a few drops a day…after improving on these prototypes we have been able to produce almost 8 litres of distilled water on a sunny day in Bangalore.
We feel that this is sufficient to meet the drinking needs of a normal family of four members.
Though there are concerns on health benefits, drinking distilled water….after a preliminary research on the internet i understand that distilled water is in fact good for health.
Icarus design offers services in Industrial Design, Branding and Structural packaging.
Post time: Jul-09-2017