Ceramic Filter UTP
Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira
Ceramic Filter UTP is a silver-enhanced clay filter developed in Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia.
Filtro Cerámico UTP is a ceramic filter impregnated with colloidal silver developed by the Water and Environmental Sanitation investigation group at Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira (UTP), Pereira, Colombia. It was designed with a research grant from COLCIENCIAS (Colombian Science, technology and Innovation administrative department) to improve water quality for adults and children at the Education Service Units of the ICBF (Colombian Institute for Family Welfare) and successfully implemented with Embera-chami indigenous reservation in the department of Quindio, Colombia in 2014. As of 2019, it is discontinued. All information listed, however, is open source.
Urban and rural areas in Colombia
The Water and Environmental Sanitation investigation group at Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira (UTP). See contact information.
From 244.26 USD (798,250 COP)Converted on June 7, 2019 per unit for 1 to 10 filters to 80,90 USD (264,387 COP)Converted on June 7, 2019 per unit for >100 filters. The terms of purchase include 2 workshops; one about the importance of water for health and the second about the use and maintenance of the ceramic filter. Purchase includes one follow-up visit as well.
Other ceramic colloidal silver-impregnated filters like Ecofiltro
Urban and rural households in Colombia