Project description
A natural solution for safe drinking water
Access to safe drinking water is essential for public health. Water collected in bottles, tanks or cans to be later transported or stored attracts bacteria from the environment that cause serious diseases. Today 2.1 billion people do not have access to safe water sources. According to the European Commission, 11 % of the EU population faces water scarcity problems that harm public health and provoke economic losses. The EU-funded PURA project proposes a solution based on a natural ionising resin that purifies water by removing all traces of dangerous bacteria. The solution is chemical-free and easy to use. The project will test the solution’s value in various environments and prepare it for presentation to potential clients.
Objective
Despite safe drinking water being essential for human health, welfare and productivity, there are still 2.1 billion people (29% of the global population) who do not have access to a safely managed drinking source. According to the European Commission, water scarcity affects 11% of the EU population with an estimation of 14 deaths per day in Europe as a result of water consumption, poor hygiene and ineffective sanitation process.
This is because water collected in bottles, tanks or cans, for later use, storage or distribution tends to accumulate bacteria from the surrounding environment. This is known as last-mile contamination and it can cause severe gastroenteritis and diarrhoea. In addition, lack of access also forces people to buy bottle water. Thus, improving access to safe water would help just in EU a saving of more than €600 million per year.
Based on these figures, Solaris has developed “PURA”, a solution based on a natural ionizing resin. This resin purifies water and eliminates bacteria and fungi. It is chemical-free and very easy to use, as you only need to introduce a small quantity of the resin for it to be effective. Our certified tests have shown that after a maximum of 30 minutes the resin can remove all traces of salmonella and E.coli and significantly reduce traces of Legionella.
In order for PURA to change the lives of millions of people, we plan to further analyse its effectiveness in different environments. Tests will be aligned to legal requirements for water treatment technologies and we will begin introducing our technology to key potential customers such as: 1) large-scale distributions that are involved in the distribution of tanks, water dispensers, dehumidifiers, etc interested to provide an innovative, efficient and cost-efficient production to their end users; 2) governmental organization and 3) NGOs who have the common goal to provide safe water to all. We estimate that the PURA could reach €117M in revenue by 2026.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- engineering and technology environmental engineering water treatment processes drinking water treatment processes
- social sciences political sciences political policies civil society civil society organisations nongovernmental organizations
- natural sciences biological sciences microbiology bacteriology
- engineering and technology chemical engineering separation technologies desalination reverse osmosis
- natural sciences biological sciences microbiology mycology
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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46047 PORTO MANTOVANO MN
Italy
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