Clean Water Now!
Drinkwater disinfecting unit Naïade
Safe drinking water
In order to meet the demand for safe drinking water in the rural sector, specifically where electricity is lacking, Clean Water Now! and its partner, Nedap, developed a unique solution using solar energy and UV technology: the Naïade.
The Naïade is a stand-alone drinkwater disinfecting unit that purifies water from all biological pollution. All it needs is the sun. In order to purify drinking water from arsenic and fluoride contamination, adaptations on village scale are made available by Clean Water Now.
Naïades in Chennai/Sri Lanka
NCRV TV film Blue Gold with introduction
of HRH Prince Willem-Alexander
Broadcasted on 22 may 2008 on Dutch television
View the complete TV film
Mission of Clean Water Now!
Clean Water Now! wants to initiate sustainable development in villages that lack electricity by providing on-site disinfected drinking water, to ensure:
- better health
- less child mortality
- less drudgery for women and children
- reduction of use of fossil fuels
- better productivity and economic development
- eradication of the Guinea worm
- significant reduction of diarrhoea and tropical diseases like cholera, typhoid fever, hepatitis A, dysenteria
Testing and Awards
The unit has been field tested by several universities and has proved to be of high quality and very effective. It also has received two prestigious international awards on sustainable development.