PROJECTS

Water filter

project

Thanks to the SPOUTS filter, households have access to clean water more easily.

Waterborne illnesses remain a leading cause of death for children under the age of five.
Thanks to the SPOUTS filter, households have access to clean water more easily.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that over 40% of Africa’s Sub-Saharan population still lacks access to safe water. In Uganda, 52% of the country does not have basic access to safe drinking water.
To fight this issue, SPOUTS aims to provide access to safe and clean drinking water through the production and distribution of ceramic water filters for households and communities in Uganda.

Prior to the use of filtration, Ugandan were using wood and/or charcoal on rudimentary stoves for boiling water in order to use it after. The project improves the energy efficiency of end-users practices and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions otherwise resulting from the burning of non-renewable woody biomass and/or charcoal. SPOUTS has also installed filters in over 500 schools across the country, providing access to safe water for over 50,000 students.
SPOUTS aims to provide 5 million Ugandans, or 14% of the population, with access to safe water by 2025.

The Impact

Waterborne illnesses remain a leading cause of death for children under the age of five.
Thanks to the SPOUTS filter, households have access to clean water more easily.
Acquiring drinking water is an expensive investment across Uganda, whether boiling water or purchasing costly bottled water.
Thanks to the SPOUTS filter, households have access to clean water more easily.
Clearing forests to provide firewood to boil water contributes to deforestation, increases CO2 emissions and smoke inhalation in homes.

With this water filtration system, no more wood is used to access clean water

SPOUTS is using the local workforce

The project is hiring 20 people for manufacturing, dissemination and maintenance of the filters.

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Our projects have a significant sustainable development impact across climate, social, health, and economic empowerment, meeting up to 7 UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Our projects are verified and validated through Verra’s industry-leading verification standards, and our impact will be certified through SDVISta, ensuring Verified Carbon Units are of the highest quality.
Through the installation and dissemination of Purifaaya Filters, SPOUTS reduces beneficiary exposure to IAP (CO, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, PM, etc. aka Smoke) associated with biomass fuel-based traditional cooking. Target Indicator – 3.9.1 Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution
Through the installation of Purifaaya Filters, beneficiaries have long-term access to safe and clean drinking water. The Purifaaya Filters have a lifespan of up to 5 years and through the aid of gravity flow, the Purifaaya is continuously filtering water meaning the household has enough drinking water throughout the day.

The Purifaaya is a green product, an efficient and clean technology for the treatment of drinking water.
Target Indicator – 7.1.2 Proportion of the population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technology.

In the process of production to distribution of the Water Filters, SPOUTS generates employment for marketing/sales and distribution / technical/other employees.
Target Indicator – 8.5.1 Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation, age and persons with disabilities.

Purifaaya Water Filters reduce/eliminate the consumption of non-renewable biomass (wood & charcoal) by the beneficiary household by up to 100%
Target Indicator – 12.2.2 Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP.

SPOUTS contributes to the reduction of Greenhouse Gas emissions from the replacement of fossil fuel/non-renewable biomass-based water treatment to not boiling at all. This is the number of CO2e emissions reduced by the project per year.