Stichting Connect International

The Siphon water filter is a product specifically suitable for poor households to purify their water. It removes all bacteria and parasites (log 4 to 5 effectiveness). It has been tested extensively, including duration tests, by laboratories, in India, Tanzania and the Netherlands. All concluded the filter is highly effective with the filter element lasting for 7.000 liters, which is enough for all the drinking water of a large family for one year. Each year therefore the filter element has to be replaced which costs 1,50 - 2 Euro. The plastic parts last for 5 years. The cost of the full filter is 6 - 7 Euro. Connect International is setting up a pilot projects for the introduction of the filter and other products important for poor people, in different countries, in collaboration with the company in India that produces the Siphon filter, companies producing other important products for the poor, and several other NGO's worldwide.

The Siphon filter consists of a colloidal silver impregnated ceramic element which is placed in a container on a raised platform. It has a small tube with a bulb that can be pressed to create an under-pressure due to which water is sucked into the filter. As the tube goes to a lower level a siphon function is created and water continues to flow under gravity forces through the filter.

The Siphon filter can be ordered with Connect International (please contact us)!