The Elecnor Foundation's H2OMe technology will improve access to drinking water in Angola
The Elecnor Foundation has penned a collaboration agreement with the Eduardo dos Santos Foundation (FESA) regarding the installation of its first H2OMe project in Africa in Gove in Angola's Huambo province. Thanks to this facility the inhabitants of this area will have improved access to drinking water.
Developed by Elecnor's R+D+i department, this ingenious solution will be installed in the vicinity of the Gove hydroelectric plant, which Elecnor helped to refurbish in 2012. The H2OMe module will filter and purify water from this plant prior to its distribution to the approximately 10,000 inhabitants of the area. Each person will have access to an average of 50 litres of water per day.
The H2OMe PROJECT
H2OMe is an ingenious response to the shortage of drinking water in developing countries. It is is a sustainable multi-function module made from disused shipping containers that are recycled to create adaptable mobile structures that can be easily transported and installed anywhere.
The system consists of a variable number of containers on two levels. Normally, the purification plant is situated on the lower level and uses water from a raw water network, a pressurized pipeline that fills its storage tank or a portable electric pump equipped with tubing and a feeder cable. The upper level can be used to create a large multi-purpose, open space for activities of benefit to the community such as a school, library, event room, games room, etc.
The greatest advantage of H2OMe is that it affords complete flexibility. All of its components can be modified, which means a more powerful purification plant can be installed, more public services provided, a much larger multi-purpose space designed, etc.
H2OMe in Gove (Angola)
The H2OMe installation in Angola will be built in five 40-foot high-cube containers, which will serve the following purposes: the first container will house the purification plant; the second will accommodate the manager of the system, and at the same time serve as an office and store; and the remaining containers (3, 4 and 5) will be combined to form an approximately 90-m² multi-purpose audiovisual library.
There are also plans to further improve the complex by installing a a children's park in the area of the H2OMe.
