Solar technology applied to water purification

• Autores: Rodriguez, Juan, Jorge, Clido, Zúñiga, Patricia, Solís, José, Estrada, Walter, Cristóbal, Ruth, Maurtua, Dora, Garate, Javier, Zanabria, Pedro
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2010
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:oai:revistas.uni.edu.pe:article/108
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.uni.edu.pe/index.php/tecnia/article/view/108
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Purificación de agua; Tecnología solar; Water purification; Solar technology

Drinking water is extremely scarce good in the world. Of the estimated 1.4 billion cubic kilometers of water on earth, 97.6% is salt, 2.38% is like ice and glaciers and only about 0.024% is above the earth's surface and therefore may be destined for human consumption. In this situation, the lack of access to drinking water is a serious problem in the world and Peru is no exception. Of the 6 billion people who inhabit the land, over a billion suffer from this problem. However, about 2.5 billion lack access to adequate sanitation. This means that more than 6 million children a year die from diseases that are caused by the water they consume.