Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, has shown that obtaining safe drinking water from human waste is possible. On his blog Gatesnotes he showed the whole world. Drinking it.
Every new research, every new study shows an increasing need for drinking water, and therefore making it more valuable. In both developing and industrialized Countries, because populations are increasing and water availability is declining for various reasons, from the expansion of arid areas to global warming and the pollution of waterways – both caused by human activity. For this reason there are many organizations that are seeking out solutions, to bring to life an invention, an innovation that can make water a shared and accessible commodity for all.
Gates drinks it
Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and still among the richest men in the world, has given real hope in this regard. On January 5, on his blog Gatesnotes he published a post where he talks about his experience at an "ingenious" plant that can transform human feces and urine into drinking water. And this is not simply a form of promotion or useless exhibitionism. In the related video you see Gates in the flesh drinking that water, without shame or fear.
Gates drinks it
Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and still among the richest men in the world, has given real hope in this regard. On January 5, on his blog Gatesnotes he published a post where he talks about his experience at an "ingenious" plant that can transform human feces and urine into drinking water. And this is not simply a form of promotion or useless exhibitionism. In the related video you see Gates in the flesh drinking that water, without shame or fear.
“I watched the piles of feces go up the conveyer belt and drop into a large bin. They made their way through the machine, getting boiled and treated. A few minutes later I took a long taste of the end result: a glass of delicious drinking water.” A water that is just as good as bottled water.
Omniprocessor is "ingenious"
The system described by Gates is called Omniprocessor and is powered by Janicki Bioenergy, a company in the north of Seattle, in the US, thanks to a contribution received from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is why the honorary president of Microsoft decided to check firsthand the effectiveness of the project.
The reason why it is necessary to turn sewage sludge into clean, drinkable water is explained by Gates himself: "A shocking number of people, at least 2 billion, use latrines that aren’t properly drained. Others simply defecate out in the open. The waste contaminates drinking water for millions of people, with horrific consequences: Diseases caused by poor sanitation kill some 700,000 children every year, and they prevent many more from fully developing mentally and physically.”
The prototype will be tested in Senegal
The UN data cited by Gates is embarrassing. Every 2.5 minutes a child dies from diarrhea because they drank or used contaminated water. This is the real reason why the effectiveness of the prototype developed by Janicki Bioenergy is crucial. The first official test will be conducted in Senegal where sewage sludge is still often discharged directly into the nearest river and ocean. The system is also able to produce energy during its activity, more than it consumes to run. It is a positive process that not only serves to recycle waste products from 100 thousand people, but is also able to provide 250 kilowatts of electricity for the local community; not to mention the 86,000 liters of drinking water transformed daily.
The UN data cited by Gates is embarrassing. Every 2.5 minutes a child dies from diarrhea because they drank or used contaminated water. This is the real reason why the effectiveness of the prototype developed by Janicki Bioenergy is crucial. The first official test will be conducted in Senegal where sewage sludge is still often discharged directly into the nearest river and ocean. The system is also able to produce energy during its activity, more than it consumes to run. It is a positive process that not only serves to recycle waste products from 100 thousand people, but is also able to provide 250 kilowatts of electricity for the local community; not to mention the 86,000 liters of drinking water transformed daily.