Skyhydrant Water Purification System – Barnesville, Liberia FACE Africa, in partnership with Clean Water for Kids and a generous $10,000 grant from the Davis Project for Peace, completed its first project in a community of approximately 600 in Bardnersville, Liberia. The community had several wells but no direct source of clean water supply. The project involved the installation of a water purification system, known by its trade name as the Skyhydrant, that can produce up to 20,000 liters of drinking water per day. The system is currently supplying hundreds of residents with clean and safe drinking water. The SkyHydrant The Skyhydrant™ is a simple potable water filtration system intended for sustainable low cost purification based on a solar-powered nano-porous membrane. It can be used for developing communities without access to medium term water supply and purification as well selected disaster relief applications. Manufactured by engineering giant Siemens and distributed by the SkyJuice Foundation (Sydney, Australia), it can produce up to 20,000 liters of drinking water per day. The porosity of the membrane allows for the removal bacteria, viruses, turbidity and other contaminants. The technology is based on a self-contained membrane filtration system that operates under minimal head conditions without the need for power and/or conditioning chemicals. It is intended to be used on poor quality feed waters such as surface water or ground water where conventional purification technologies may be unable to produce acceptable treated potable water. Over 350 SkyHydrant units are now distributed with major NGOs, INGOs, government agencies and authorities throughout Sri Lanka, Indonesia, East Timor, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Oman, Kenya, South and Central America and India. The water purification units are installed in schools, hospitals, clinics, internally displaced persons camps and villages. Thousands of people now have access to continuous, safe drinking water. - Snap Shot Project: Installation of Skyhydrant water purification system Number of individuals impacted: 600 Completed: October 2009 Budget: $10,000 Implementing partner: n/a Photos