{"id":11647,"date":"2020-09-21T08:49:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T06:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.gstic.org\/?p=11647"},"modified":"2022-03-18T10:47:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T09:47:15","slug":"ensuring-sustainable-drinking-water-supply-in-rural-areas","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/expert-story\/ensuring-sustainable-drinking-water-supply-in-rural-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Ensuring sustainable drinking water supply in rural areas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Despite significant progress over the past years, almost 800 million people still lack adequate access to a sustainable drinking water supply according to the United Nations<\/a>. In many rural areas, primarily in developing countries, a central drinking water supply network is either unavailable or unreliable. The deployment of decentralised water treatment units (using gravity-driven membrane (GDM) filtration technology, for example) along with integrated management of water resources establishes an excellent approach to provide villages in rural areas with a sustainable drinking water supply. <\/p>\n\n\n\n With the support of the Korean government, the International Environmental Research Institute<\/a> (IERI) has conducted several United Nations Development Programme<\/a> (UNDP) projects focused on ensuring sustainable drinking water supply in rural areas. IERI is a specialised research institute established by the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology<\/a> (GIST). <\/p>\n\n\n\n One such\nproject relates to the use of GDM filtration technology for safe drinking\nwater. As GDM filtration technology is typically characterised by relatively\nlow transmembrane pressures that can be achieved by gravity only, energy\nconsumption is minimal. Also, GDM filtration technology allows for stable\noperation over more extended periods without the need for any cleaning or\nflushing. Both elements are essential to keep the environmental footprint of\nGDM filtration technology solutions as low as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUsing GDM filtration technology for safe drinking water<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n