Help to ensure clean drinking water in Haiti PDF Print E-mail
FEBRUARY 2010. Do you want to make a long-lasting difference for the many earthquake victims in Haiti? Your company’s donation of mobile water treatment facilities, in cooperation with MicroDrop Aqua and CARE Danmark, can help to give the Haitian population vital access to clean drinking water.

CARE knows Haiti
CARE International has been active in Haiti since 1954 with emergency relief as well as long-termdevelopment projects. Recently, more than 150 employees have been actively involved in the humanitarianassistance following the earthquake disaster. CARE Danmark is part of CARE International and togetherwith MicroDrop Aqua, CARE Danmark will ensure that the water treatment facilities will benefit thepopulation.

Danish Fundraising Event
CARE Danmark is one of the beneficiaries of the large Danish Fundraising Event, which has recently taken place. The funds will be used to adapt water treatment facilities for more than 100.000 Haitians for future requirements. We would like to expand the program of the Danish Fundraising Event with the water treatment facilities of MicroDrop Aqua. The facilities will be established and maintained by local CARE employees in cooperation with local user groups. MicroDrop Aqua’s water treatment facilities will be integrated into CARE Danmark’s projects in Pétionville, Carrefour and Léogâne.

Do you wish to contribute?
We will be contacting you today and telling you about the opportunity for large Danish companies tosponsor the supply of mobile water treatment facilities to the population of Haiti, so that more people will get access to clean drinking water. Companies that are interested in contributing will be offered the opportunity of financing a third of a completely equipped mobile water treatment facility for the lump sum of DKK 75,000 plus VAT. The amount should be transferred to a specific account in Danske Bank(3129-0010618312). The amount is tax-deductible as advertising expenses.

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On Display at COP15, MicroDrop’s New Technology Treats Water at Zero Energy PDF Print E-mail
DECEMBER 2009. Water treatment specialist MicroDrop Aqua—a Danish cleantech company—is introducing new technologies that could raise world standards for aeration and purification of drinking water. Highlights featured at the Bright Green exhibition, arranged by the confederation of Danish Industry (DI) in connection with the COP15 climate summit in Copenhagen, include water treatment solutions in self-contained units, such as: an energy-saving arsenic reduction technology that requires no chemicals, an oxygenation process that uses the force of gravity with energy consumption and CO2 emission levels at virtually zero, and a mineral filtering system that turns RO treated seawater into tasty drinking water.

The unique and highly inventive MicroDrop oxygenation process is a cleantech concept that operates at virtually zero energy and in full compliance with EU standards. According to information from MicroDrop Aqua, energy consumption levels are only one-tenth compared to the international competition.

“Our aeration system provides effective oxygenation of raw water used for drinking purposes,” says MicroDrop Aqua chairman Suni á Dalbø.

The MicroDrop system eliminates a variety of substances frequently found in groundwater used for drinking purposes worldwide, Mr. á Dalbø says. The company’s solutions are applied on mobile units of a variety of sizes, with a capacity ranging from 2 to several 100 cubic meters per day.


Globally patented arsenic cleansing
As arsenic polluted drinking water exposes people to the risks of cancer and other serious illnesses, arsenic pollution is recognized as a worldwide problem. Accordingly, the WHO has significantly lowered the limit for acceptable arsenic levels in drinking water.

“We identify strongly with the cause of making pure water accessible for all people,” Mr. á Dalbø adds.

MicroDrop Aqua’s solution for removal of arsenic substances involves the use of a cylinder filled up with “iron flakes”. The added iron is the only removable part in this concept—an “iron flakes refill” is needed approximately once per year.

The energy consumption is at its very lowest with this technology and the process works without adding any chemicals, according to Mr. á Dalbø. “Only very limited maintenance and services are needed,” he says. “Our solutions are scalable and customizable in accordance with our clients’ specific needs and requirements.” Scientific proof of concept and technical documentation has been filed in cooperation with the Aalborg University, Denmark.


From seawater to freshwater
The MicroDrop Mineral Filtering system improves the quality of water from reverse osmosis plants—i.e. saltwater plants that produce distilled water—and turns it into normal, pleasant drinking water.

“After the water has been oxygenated it is pumped through a special mineral filter,” Mr. á Dalbø says. “This is for adding some of the minerals that are typically found in drinking water.”

Importantly, as he points out: Neither desalinated nor distilled water taste like drinking water before they are treated by a MicroDrop Mineral Filter system.

MicroDrop Aqua’s technology is on display at the Bright Green exhibition in Forum, Copenhagen from December 12-13th during COP15, the United Nations 15th conference on climate change.
 
MicroDrop's Arsenic Reduction Technology Is of "Global Interest" PDF Print E-mail

3-stjernet NOVEMBER 2009. MicroDrop Aqua’s participation at the VandTek 09 water trade show in Odense, Denmark, (11-14 November 2009) spurred increased interest in the company’s solutions to problems of polluted and distasteful water. Placed into the highest category of product news announced prior to the show by the event organizers and representatives for the Danish water industry, MicroDrop Aqua’s news item about the company’s arsenic reduction technology was deemed to be of “global interest”.

The news item highlighted the case of Ørskov Vandværk, a local water supply plant in Jutland, which, after two years of testing, has fully implemented MicroDrop Aqua’s technology for arsenic reduction in drinking water. Helping water suppliers to fully comply with new and tough regulations, the technology reduces arsenic and other pollutants dramatically. It has won acclaim for its unique approach to solving the arsenic problem more effectively than any other known technology—at extremely affordable cost.
 
MicroDrop Receives Official Recognition at Home PDF Print E-mail
Taastrup Erhvervspris 2009

NOVEMBER 2009. MicroDrop Aqua has been awarded the 2009 “Erhvervspris” business award in the municipality of Taastrup, greater Copenhagen. The recognition, announced in September, follows news of the first full-scale implementation of MicroDrop Aqua’s patented solution for arsenic reduction in drinking water.

Reducing arsenic and other pollutants dramatically to help water suppliers fully comply with new and tough regulations, the technology has won acclaim for its unique approach to solving the arsenic problem more effectively than any other known technology—at low cost.

MicroDrop Aqua chairman Suni á Dalbø commented: “This is a great honor for MicroDrop Aqua and inventor Finn Lebech.” 

Mr. á Dalbø added that MicroDrop Aqua has been stepping up its marketing communication, participating in several international trade shows during the second half of 2009, in Denmark, Poland, Latvia, and Israel.

Known for its groundbreaking aeration and arsenic reduction technologies, MicroDrop Aqua is a cleantech company with a leading expertise in natural and cost-effective water treatment. 
 
Solving the Arsenic Problem at Low Cost Using Clean Technology PDF Print E-mail
SEPTEMBER 2009. After two years of testing, Ørskov Vandværk, a local water supply plant in Jutland, Denmark, fully implemented MicroDrop Aqua’s technology for arsenic reduction in drinking water. The internationally patented technology reduces arsenic and other pollutants dramatically, helping water suppliers to fully comply with new and tough regulations.

This technology has won acclaim for its unique approach to solving the arsenic problem more effectively than any other known technology—at extremely affordable cost. Implementation is straightforward and quick and is typically part of a turnkey solution where a unit comes complete for easy installation.

Energy consumption is at its very lowest with MicroDrop Aqua’s clean technology and the process works without adding any chemicals. Only very limited maintenance and servicing is required. Scientific proof of concept and technical documentation is available from Aalborg University, Esbjerg, Denmark.

MicroDrop Aqua is a world-leading expert in water treatment and identifies strongly with the cause of making clean drinking water accessible for all people. In addition to arsenic reduction, we offer a powerful, unique aeration technology which, combined with filtering, delivers superior drinking water.

Focusing on money-saving, scalability, and uncompromising water quality, we offer standardized, modular solutions for water supply systems of virtually any size.

Applied to stationary and mobile water treatment facilities, our solutions operate in the capacity range of 2 to several hundred cubic meters per day.

Operating at a one-tenth energy consumption level compared to other systems of corresponding capacity, the mobile units are delivered readymade in a container as a turnkey solution with power supply options for solar panels, wind turbines, and a built-in diesel generator for backup supply.