The Waterfall Project

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We are a start-up. A new, cheap, unique, portable, no maintenance machine that turns contaminated water into safe drinking water. Needs 12 volt current to clean itself. Works on Battery, mains, solar or generator. For all intents and purposes, it can start delivering safe water from the moment it reaches the location. For the 72 hour project, best to include (it comes with the machine) a generator and an outside pump that can access any type of water straight away. Ideal for emergency water access in tropical countries or any country for that matter . Any water source can be used, lake, ground water, etc.
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Faz Rasti

Thanks ever so much to all the people who voted for us. It is much appreciated.

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Faz

By the way had to create another account since logging in with FB is impossible

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Tomás Lastra Milone

Dear Faz, I am a MSc environmental engineer, water expert. Sorry, but is very hard to believe that you could treat any kind water with such a device. Do you know, that the ground water is more related with chemical contamination and could present some compounds like arsenic or fluoride that could be toxic for humans? and superficial water like lakes are mainly polluted with microbiological pathogens. Could you please give an explanation. Thank you very much Tomás

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hace 10 años

Faz

Hey Tomas, As you know Arsenic in drinking water is colourless, odourless, and tasteless and comes in many different forms. Even RO systems can't get rid of most forms of Arsenic. But there are various cheap ways of getting rid of Arsenic from drinking water. Our machine does not do that, it does not get rid of radioactivity either, and it can only get rid of 50% of salt. We do get rid of Microbiological Pathogens though, thats not a problem. As you know there is no one solution for everything.

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Faz Rasti

lol disregard the post just below, it is misplaced, and I don't seem to be able to delete it

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Faz Rasti

like Madiba said, we don't see this as charity but justice. If we are going to achieve anything we have to do it ourselves, a world that wastes billions of food every year, does not seem to care for those in need. I hope this has addressed your worries.

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hace 10 años

Rinko Kinoshita (Mentor)

Hi. I am one of the mentors of the first 72 hours. your idea is very innovative...and could be feasible in emergency setting with battery, solar, alternative energy. I would add a brief outline on how you would do "social marketing" or how to ensure "cost effectiveness" or how to "sell" this machines...especially for the countries with less resources. that would make the tech based innovation more attractive! good luck.

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Faz Rasti

like Madiba said, we don't see this as charity but justice. If we are going to achieve anything we have to do it ourselves, a world that wastes billions of dollars of food every year, does not seem to care for those in need. I hope this has addressed your worries.

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Faz Rasti

in "household known business" to help us sell the machine in the developed world. I believe every household needs one, even if it is for filtering the medicine and hormones out of their drinking water. I mentioned on the website that we are setting aside 50% of our profits to make changes happen faster in the world. We want to follow the example of Blake Mycoskie and for every two or three machines sold, give one away for free where people most need it. cont..

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Faz Rasti

Hey Rinko, Like all good ideas, when it comes down to the ground level these days, the money is just not there be it to help those in need, be it lack of resource of governments, etc. We have tried desperately to raise some interest from charities and the like, but unfortunately charities these days, are major "businesses" with a little bit of good work thrown in. So if we are serious about "helping" we have to take the bull by the horn ourselves. We are currently trying to find a partner cont.

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hace 10 años

Mario Beruti

Cool, thanks for your information, now make sense why the 12v. Good Luck with your project!

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hace 10 años

Faz Rasti

So Mauro, we cater for entire communities not individuals, and litre for litre, every litre of water with lifesaver costs 2.5 cents, with our machine every 200 litres costs under 2 cents, not counting the cost of water itself, its a no brainer.

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Faz Rasti

Hey Mauro, Did you actually look at our website? We are sort of much bigger and cater for more a crowd than an individual. Our smallest machine treats 1,500L per hour, has a lifetime of 5-8 years, a lifesaver bottle has a lifetime of 6,000L before you have to change the filter. it costs what 150$ for a bottle? extra for extra filters? Our machines can be left for the victims of disasters until normality returns, which in these situations seem to take a long time.

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Mario Beruti

Hi Faz, good idea!, i have a question too, which advantages has this product compared with the Life Saver Bottles (http://www.lifesaversystems.com/) ? Thanks!

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Faz Rasti

Hey Christina, A good question to which I have no proper answer at the moment since we are talking to a lot of different people. Even AID is a club to which as newcomers we do not belong yet. So I think we might set up our own Foundation to work exclusively with our product, the idea being, if we forego the 50% of profits that we want to put to good causes then our own charity can be responsible for disaster response.. Many possibilities at the moment .... time will tell

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Christina Hunn (Mentor)

Hey Faz, great idea. ¿Whom have you thought of being your client in case of a disaster - so who will finally pay for the machine?

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Faz Rasti

cont.....We feel there are tons of organisations much better equipped and funded to take advantage of our product and to deploy what we provide.

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Faz Rasti

Julian, We are only a small socially responsible company, with limited resources, plenty of good intentions who make a device that can be deployed straight away, when it arrives on site. We have tried to remove as many obstacles as possible in response time (as far as what our product can do). We feel it is the job of the NGOs & Related Charities to make sure that our device gets there and is deployed. Honestly, we can only do what we do. We are not in the logistics area. cont...

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Julián Ugarte

Excellent! How a community can get this device, in every place, after the disaster (first 72 hours). How can you know where the water is needed

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Faz Rasti

Hey Matias, We include a powerful external pump with its built-in filter (for what we call big bits like sand etc). We have partners who can access ground water but thats not really what we do. Any visible source can be accessed by our machine ( lake, very large puddle etc) . Depending on the info we have we are rather flexible in coming up with a solution to the problem at hand. Regds

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Matias Rojas (Mentor)

Great Faz. One more thing: how do you intend to extract the water to be purified? Can you provide a punping system or something similar? I think is important to define through which mecanisms water can be brought to the purifier? regards!

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Faz Rasti

Hey Felipe, Ex factory costs for the small machine (1.5m3 per hour) € 5,000. 3m3 8,000, 6 m3 12,000. We can't afford doing that yet we started the company with our money and we have been feeding it for the last two years, as soon as orders start coming, we would do something like that, don't forget we decided to put 50% of our future profits to good causes, our own initiative. We want to change things, this is our first product. and a big Thanks backatyea ;o)

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Felipe Moreno (Mentor)

Hi Fez! Amazing project! I only have two Qs: How costly is your device? Have you ever thought in renting them in case of a disaster? Thanks and good luck!

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Caroline Stentz

Great project! Good luck!!

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Ali Sedaghat

Fantastic project. Look forward to its success.

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Faz Rasti

Hey Matias, all three models come on wheels, the largest one which treats 6 cubic meter of water per hour weighs only 50 kilos, easily transportable anywhere really. It can be transported by air (helicopter) as it weighs very little. The only thing it does not do is to fly by itself yet ;o)) (may be a drone model would be appropriate)

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Matias Rojas

Hello Faz, great project! I would like to know if you have a delivery model of your product after a catastrofic event, considering that in general, the roads and airports are colapsed. Is there an easy way of installing it. Regards

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Farzin Rasti

Have a look at the website for this project www.the waterfallproject.com, It will save so many lives.

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