Ambra water box

Quickly available solution for the

production of drinking water

Alzey, Germany, 2014

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Initial situation

Fresh water is only available to a limited extent

Tap water is often polluted, e.g. by

chlorine

salt

heavy metals

etc.

Drinking water is already scarce and will beeven more every day.

Sometimes only untreated water is available(river, lake, reservoir, well).

Polluted water may cause illnesses or evenworse epidemics.

� Fresh water of high quality is a scarce good!

Desalting plant

River


Our solution: WaterBox® and CarbonAdd®

Production of top quality drinking water using simple means.

Flexible quantities possible (from 24 cbm/d up to 100,000 cbm/d)

Water treated with the Carbon Add® method completely fulfills all quality standards for drinking water.

Scientists of our partner Lavaris have developed a new compound, CarbonAdd® to treat fresh water.


CarbonAdd ®

Pure inorganic multi-component buffering system

Consisting of reactive calcium salts, sodium hydrogen carbonate, soda and calcite

Suitable for most water conditions

All ingredients occur in natural waters, are permitted for drinking water conditioning


Drinking water ingredients

Calcium

Dietary mineral, most abundant element in the human body with about 1.2 kg

Sodium

Compound of many foodstuffs (e.g. salt)

Necessary for humans to maintain the balance of the physical fluids system; for nerve & muscle functioning

Too much sodium can damage the kidneys and increases chances of high blood pressure

Sodium is essential, but the amount required is controversially discussed


Drinking water ingredients

Chloride

A chemical the human body needs for metabolism (turning food into energy)

Also helps keep the body's acid-base balance

Amount of chloride in the blood is carefully controlled by the kidneys

Bicarbonate

An alkaline, vital component of the pH-buffering-system of the human body (maintaining acid-base homeostasis)

70-75 % of CO2 in the body is converted into carbonic acid (H2CO3), which can quickly turn into bicarbonate (HCO3)

Also regulates pH-value in the small intestine


Mains water

Bottled Water:

Rayyan

Bottled Water:

Marwa

LAVARIS water

(overdosage) St. Pellegrino

Composition (mg/l)

ph-value 7,93 7,50 7,50 7,27 7,70

TDS 80,00 110,00 100,00 1.129,80 948,00

Total Hardness (as

CaCO3) 81,30 48,00 4,53 372,00 661,00

Anions

Chloride Cl- 2,40 26,00 20,00 348,00* 54,80

Sulphate SO4 0,50 7,00 4,00 0,50 445,00

Bicarbonate HCO3 100,68 40,00 545,49 239,00

Fluoride < 0,1 < 1 0,30 0,10 0,50

Cations

Sodium Na 1,60 9,00 8,00 269,50* 33,60

Calcium Ca 32,20 12,00 0,80 148,30 179,00

Magnesium Mg 0,20 4,00 0,50 0,30 52,00

Potassium 0,50 < 1 0,50 6,60 2,50

* Due to an unintentional overdose of CarbonAdd® during our pre-tests, these first results do not really display the expectedvalues. But actually that is just a matter of regulation.

It is scientifically proven that higher values of these elements are beneficial to human health

Comparison of existing drinking waterExample Qatar


Description of the WaterBox®

The new WaterBox ® is a highly compact water treatment system whose innovation is the use of the patented CarbonAdd® process to remove inorganic impurities.

The WaterBox ® makes it possible to produce clean drinking water while being affordable for all.

The system is one of the smallest on the market and has been developed specifically for disaster areas and for development projects in consultation with UN-HABITAT.

� One Water Box ® can supplyabout 2,000 people with potabledrinking water, with a capacityof 28,000 liters per day.


Advantages

Small size - it fits on a euro pallet and low weight (75 kg)

Mobile and easily transportable

Can be easily installed in small spaces

Provides pure drinking water immediately

Durable technology

Inexpensive/cost efficient

Sustainable

Approved by the UNO

System can be run even without previous knowledge, and produce water even under difficult conditions

We guarantee simple maintenance and service


minimal amount of

used granules

(disposal: roadconstruction or

landfill) High-end

water quality

brackish water

river

Treatment with Carbon Add® granules Example

Functional principle


Application example

Smallest unit

Performance

24 cbm/d > 8,700 cbm/a of high-end quality water

Operation

Electricity via external power generator orsolar cells

Granule

Consumption: 1 t/a at 8,700 cbm/a

Filling: very simple handling using bags


Water box

Dosage unit


Application example

Bigger units

Performance

Adapted and tailored according to projectoutline

Operation

Electricity via external power generator

Granule

Consumption: depending on project

Filling: large bags or silo technology


Container

Silo

Examples


TÜV

References

Public universities

University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Technical University of Brunswick, Leichtweis Institut, Germany

University of Stuttgart, Germany

Government institutions

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ)

Independent institutions

TÜV (Technical Control Board), Germany

CREED (Center of Research, Education andDemonstration in Waste Management), Germany


References

Our scientific advisor, Prof. Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Fricke, is the leading advisor of the German Goverment.


AMBRA GmbH

Klosterstr. 3

D-55232 Alzey

GERMANY

Tel. +49 (0) 6731 548898 10

Fax +49 (0) 6731 548898 99

[email protected]

Contact

Wolfgang Tönges, CEO

[email protected]

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