Iranian Knowledge-Based Company Offers New Treatment System to UN Refugee Camps

There are three different ways to purify water. The methods used include physical processes such as filtration, sedimentation, and distillation; biological processes such as slow sand filters or biologically active carbon; chemical processes such as flocculation and chlorination; and the use of electromagnetic radiation such as ultraviolet light.

"We are producer and designer of membrane water, wastewater and fresh water purification systems. One of our products is water desalination and water purification systems …. These systems can be used temporarily in critical situations," Alireza Bolouri Afshar, the managing director of an Iranian knowledge-based company, said.

Stating that the system is capable of treating 100,000 to 1 million liters of water per day, he added, “As the goal is to desalinate or disinfect water, the water production capacity with this system varies.”

“In critical situations, the available water  may contain biological, organic contaminations or could be muddy and salty. To solve such problems, this system can be utilized to remove any of those contaminants,” Bolouri Afshar pointed out.

“In some condtions that there is no electricity, this system can be equipped with solar cells, and the excess energy production can also be used for lighting."

Bolouri Afshar said that the company has handed over their water treatment system to a United Nations refugee camp in Saveh in Central Iran.

“We are the only Iranian company approved by the United Nations in designing and implementing such a system,” the researcher said.

“In this area, the water was extracted from a salty well, and the salt level was so high that the water was not drinking. For that, this container (water treatment system) was placed completely independently next to the well and it now produces drinking water in accordance with international standards for refugees,” the managing director of the Iranian knowledge-based company concluded.

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