Solar-powered water purification for low- and middle-income countries Project Video Copy link Photos from the project Copy link Go to slide 1 Go to slide 2 Go to slide 3 Go to slide 4 Go to slide 5 Go to slide 6 Go to slide 7 Go to the next slide Go to the previous slide SPH's Sam Dorevitch and Alex Mwaki of the Safe Water and AIDS Project accept their global water awards in Dubai. Go to the next slide Go to the previous slide Construction is underway for a new solar-powered water purification station. Go to the next slide Go to the previous slide A completed water purification station. Go to the next slide Go to the previous slide A vendor fills canisters with solar-purified water. Go to the next slide Go to the previous slide Canisters are loaded onto a cart for sale and distribution. Go to the next slide Go to the previous slide A vendor heads out to sell and distribute purified water. Go to the next slide Go to the previous slide Partner logos of the water purification project. Project faculty Copy link Samuel Dorevitch Professor Abhilasha Shrestha Research Assistant Professor Published research Copy link Gates Open Research Decentralized solar-powered drinking water ozonation in Western Kenya: an evaluation of disinfection efficacy International Journal of Environmental Research Solar Powered Microplasma-Generated Ozone: Assessment of a Novel Point-of-Use Drinking Water Treatment Method In the news Copy link Gates Foundation funds UIC solar-powered water treatment project in Kenya Thursday, June 13, 2019 A new grant from the Gates Foundation expands the testing of a solar-powered water treatment system in two informal urban settlements in Kisumu, Kenya, led by SPH's Dr. Samuel Dorevitch. Global health water project wins international award Monday, January 30, 2023 Sola Maji, led by the UIC School of Public Health and the Safe Water and AIDS Project in Kenya, is bringing solar-powered clean drinking water to people across the African nation.
Go to slide 1 Go to slide 2 Go to slide 3 Go to slide 4 Go to slide 5 Go to slide 6 Go to slide 7 Go to the next slide Go to the previous slide SPH's Sam Dorevitch and Alex Mwaki of the Safe Water and AIDS Project accept their global water awards in Dubai. Go to the next slide Go to the previous slide Construction is underway for a new solar-powered water purification station. Go to the next slide Go to the previous slide A completed water purification station. Go to the next slide Go to the previous slide A vendor fills canisters with solar-purified water. Go to the next slide Go to the previous slide Canisters are loaded onto a cart for sale and distribution. Go to the next slide Go to the previous slide A vendor heads out to sell and distribute purified water. Go to the next slide Go to the previous slide Partner logos of the water purification project.
Go to the next slide Go to the previous slide SPH's Sam Dorevitch and Alex Mwaki of the Safe Water and AIDS Project accept their global water awards in Dubai.
Go to the next slide Go to the previous slide Construction is underway for a new solar-powered water purification station.
Go to the next slide Go to the previous slide Canisters are loaded onto a cart for sale and distribution.
Go to the next slide Go to the previous slide A vendor heads out to sell and distribute purified water.
