Success!

We did a full run through of the demonstration kit in front of two of the Teuk Saat staff in charge of village education and it went really well! The differences between the water that comes out after each stage is very obvious to see and the whole process only takes 25 minutes from start to finish. We’re presenting the process again tomorrow to the whole of the Teuk Saat staff in order to get more feedback before the first official demonstration on Monday morning at a village meeting hall near one of the stations.

The next stage is to help them develop the education workshop to go with the demonstration. So far this has involved explaining the technical sides of each stage and the kit as well as drawing cartoon bacteria, viruses and rocks for the supplementary posters. Never a dull day.

The full setup

From left to right: Raw water, after sedimentation tank, after sand filter, after microfiltration

We’re hugely pleased with the kit, especially after all the set backs and problems (which are still going on as the transformer we were using for our fake UV light decided to break) and are off to the circus tonight to celebrate. It’s run by an NGO with 1500 students and the last show we saw was genuinely breathtaking.