Sunlabob has launched its first innovative solar powered water purification system in Laos. This system, which uses Our World UV and ozone water purification technology, as well as chlorine production equipment from Antenna Technologies, seeks to provide Lao villages with sustainable and affordable drinking water.

For this project, Sunlabob has partnered with the Lao Institute of Renewable Energy (LIRE) and the Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association (BORDA) to research, train and develop the combination of these technologies in the Lao context and launch a pilot installation, which has taken place in Ban Sor, Sangthong District, Vientiane Province and was co-financed by the German Embassy in Laos.

Sunlabob believes that this self-sustainable water purification system will go a long way in providing drinking water to the 60% of the rural Lao population who currently have no clean water source. With Sunlabob’s partnership with LIRE and BORDA, this idea may also reach more people in the developing world.