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Sanden SMF from Sanden Shoji is a portable water purifier with a microfiltration membrane system that directly manufactures drinking water from swimming pools in emergency situations, such as a natural disaster.
The Sanden SMF water purifier is compact and light-weight, and since it does not require power, users can launch this machine easily and quickly in time of a disaster.
Backwashing of the purifier is easily done by hand with long lasting medical cleansing applied on the spot.
A synthetic plastic is inside the purifier. On the surface of each plastic membrane are miniscule pores which have a diameter of 0.1-micron.
In case of disasters, the purifier is useful for various situations as it can be set up on the pool sides in schools and hotels or it can be used to provide drinking water as part of an assistant activities in the developing countries as well as in remote disaster areas where access to electric power is difficult.
