DESALINATION AND PURIFICATION SYSTEMS

Cleaning and softening of current water supply (municipal or bore) reduces scaling of Hotel water infrastructure such as kitchens, washing machines, pipes, taps, bathrooms resulting in greatly reduced maintenance and replacement costs for infrastructure and a more effective and pleasant work and living experience for staff and guests.

Korean Islands Jeollanamdo Province: Installation of Solar Powered Desalination system to replace water supply shipped from the mainland. Provided an independent, environmentally friendly solution that greatly reduced the cost of water to the island businesses and inhabitants.

Data centers consume billions of litres of water per year to cool their equipment. New data centers are often built close to large population hubs to help its web services respond quickly. In hot, dry areas this puts additional pressure on a communities already limited water supply.

A Dropterra system utilizing water sourced from a bore or the sea reduces the cost of water to the data center by up to 85% and unburdens the local community water supply.

In Senegal a community had limited access to drinkable water and electricity. A Solar Powered Desalination system was installed providing 20,000 litres of water per day, eliminating the need for expensive and unreliable electricity. More than 600 villagers now benefit from a low cost, reliable source of drinkable water.

Sumba Foundation in Indonesia spend USD$4 million dollars per year providing water to the 30,000 people living in Sumba. This is achieved through a combination of wells, handpumps, water stations, diesel powered pumps, generators and water storage tanks.

This is a wonderful initiative enabling Sumba’s people access to water but it is inefficient and expensive. Diesel fuel is expensive, environmentally unfriendly and sometimes in short supply. This can affect the consistent supply of water.

Dropterra’s Solar Powered Desalination systems can greatly reduce the cost of supplying the water, ensure consistent renewable supply and have zero negative impact on the local environment.

Vegetable farmers in drought stricken New South Wales, Australia, installed a Solar Powered Desalination system sourcing water from subterranean bores. Seasonal harvests were guaranteed and the quality of the produce was improved with cleaner water. Water costs and power costs were greatly reduced improving the overall cashflow and profitability of the vegetable farms.

Avocado production is highly water-intensive, roughly 70 liters per fruit, more than 12 times as much as it takes to grow a tomato. And avocado consumption is increasing by up to 50% per year in many countries.

Avocados are mostly grown in dry regions which places immense pressure on farmers in terms of cost of water for growing, which then increases the price consumers pay for avocados.

Dropterra has worked with Avocado growers introducing desalination systems enabling farms to access and use brackish and salty water. This has enabled cheaper and better crops of Avocados, ensuring that one of the world’s favorite fruits remain available and affordable.

Due to the nature of mine processing, water can become highly contaminated. The mining industry uses large amounts of water for mine processes including washing ore and mine tailings impoundment.

As such, mine process wastewater is often polluted with heavy metals and metalloids that necessitate expensive treatment before it is released into the environment or used for any other purpose.

Dropterra systems can recycle and reuse this water without allowing it to pollute the environment and eliminating the need for costly and wasted water shipped to the mine from other sources.

During natural disasters municipal and local supplies of drinking water are often contaminated. The Dropterra Emergency water system is contained in a large suitcase size, protective case and can be quickly transported to crisis zones where drinking water is in short supply.

Within minutes the system can be providing 50 litres per hour of drinkable water ensuring victims and rescue workers can remain hydrated with healthy water.

Golf courses can end their constant struggle to obtain adequate water from municipal sources and ensure their fairways and greens are consistently in premium condition. This will reduce management time and stress, water and course maintenance costs, resulting in attracting more members to the club and reinvesting earnings and savings in course facilities.