1st GESR

Networking Event

Water for the Base of

the Pyramid

The BoP

• The BoP

– Less than 2.5 US$ a day

– Around 4 Billion people worldwide

– More than 30 million citizen in Egypt

• Solutions

– Profit or Non-Profit?

Technology vs. Innovation

Reverse Osmosis

Science, Technology & Innovation

Basic Research

• Science

Applied Research

• Technology

Commercialization

• Innovation

Innovation Cycle

Water Poverty

Africa, 345

South, West and, Central

Asia, 196Latin America

and Caribbean, 32

Southeast, East Asia and

Oceania, 200

Developed World, 10

Water Poverty

• 783 million have NO access to clean water (One to Nine)

• 3.8 million people die each year from a water related

disease

• Every 21 sec a child would die from water related

disease

• Diarrhea is the second to largest cause of death for

children in age less than 5

• An American taking a five-minute shower uses more

water than the average person in a developing country

slum uses for an entire day.

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اسيوط ابنوب جابو تي البدارى

ساحل سليم

الغنايم صدفا منفلوط الفتح

منازل غير متصلة بمرافق مياه 2622 1010 867 721 419 203 335 1448 2208

اجمالى المنازل 54419 12096 20907 18459 11622 7370 16474 30930 28721

مرتفعة جدا

مرتفعة

متوسطة

منخفضة

منخفضة جدا

نسبة الغير متصلين

بشبكة عامة

Water Poverty - Egypt

Asuit (148Village) Sohag (133

Village) El-Menia (113Village) Total (394

Village)

98338013

22169

40015

9368

3654 5491

18513

Water vs. Electricity Disconnections

Water Disconnections Electric Grid Disconnections

Water Supply Chain

Desalination Technologies

Separation

Mechanism

Energy Process Name

Water Separation

Thermal + Electrical

Evaporation

Multi Stage Flash

(MSF)

Multi Effect

Distillation (MED)

Thermal Vapor

Compression (TVC)

Solar Desalination

(SD)

Crystallization

Freezing

Formation of

Hydrates

Evaporation and

Filtration

Membrane Distillation

(MD)

ElectricalEvaporation

Mechanical Vapor

Compression (MVC)

Ionic Filtration Reverse Osmosis (RO)

Salt Removal

Electrical Ionic Migration Electro dialysis (ED)

Chemical OthersIonic Exchange (IX)

Extraction

Desalination Technologies

Social Enterprises

• Videos

Questions?