In case of some disasters food and clean water is the major concern for effected people, So keeping that concern in mind swiss clean water group is offering potable water filter, specially for disaster management. These filters are of great help as they are easy to move and energy efficient and can filter gallons of water in minutes.

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Case: Disaster Management Water Treatment
The Swiss Cleanwater Machines are ideal for using during disaster management to ensure
that clean water is distributed, ensuring that no pollutants or bacteria are spread amongst
the people in the affected areas.
For example during the tsunami in Asia, thousands and thousands of plastic bottles of
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water are distributed amongst the people, and we often see images such as this:
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Imagine how much energy, oil and negative externalities there are in using this method of
delivering clean water in disaster relief. Not only does it require tremendous transportation
efforts, and planning, it also has a defined quantity dependent on delivery mechanisms.
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Case: Mobile Water Treatment of river water
Previously, we have established a few case scenarios for clean drinking water during
disaster relief, where we have placed a unit within a car, and looks as follows:

2. The trailer model which is convenient in military applications
Then we evolved the idea into putting the machine onto a trailer where you could have
more than one unit, and transport it with a car to a needy region in an urgency.
RFID and Water?
We then thought more about how can we make the distribution process even more easy
and less need for control using technology? The answer lies in RFID (Radio-frequency
identification). The quick description of RFID is "is the use of a wireless non-contact
system that uses radio-frequency electromagnetic fields to transfer data from a tag
attached to an object, for the purposes of automatic identification and tracking."
The Oyster Card used for travelling in London
After having used an "Oyster Card" for travelling around London, which is an electronic
ticket which can contain a period ticket, a day ticket, a monetary amount, we thought that

3. these easily distributable, small, lightweight and easy to use card could be the golden
ticket to an easy way of distributing water evenly amongst people in disaster ares.
Our Solution to Distributing Clean Drinking Water in Disaster Areas
The Swiss Cleanwater Kiosk can be positioned in strategic locations next to water
sources where people may collect their clean drinking water.
The kiosk consists of Swiss Cleanwater technology that is used to distribute water when
users place their water collection canisters within the dispensor rooms behind the metal
doors that lift on successful use of the RFID card. The person has received a Swiss
Cleanwater card which contains X amounts of water credits that can be used for collecting
water at a kiosk as long as the kiosk is stationed during the disaster relief. When the card
no longer contains any more credits the people can return and request a top up of their
water credits which can be controlled from a central water management agency. This
ensures even distribution of resources.
So now, we do not need to fly in numerous cargo planes full of bottled water, but instead
strategically place a water kiosk and distribute water credit cards.
Disribution of RFID cards w ould evenly distribute w ater resources, in a flexible, easy to transport and
manageable w ay.
The next discussion we will have is on ensuring that these people are using containers
which are also free from bacteria and pollutants so that the cleanly dispensed drinking
water is not contaminated.
This is however a good start towards a more efficient way of distributing clean drinking
water during disaster management.
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