“I wish we had these 10 years ago,” said Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez as he was peering through the over 60 technologies that could have saved them from Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan). The technologies for disaster risk prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery were exhibited at the…
THE Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute (DoST-ITDI) unveils groundbreaking technology to solve the shortage of safe drinking water during calamities and emergencies such as typhoons, flooding and earthquakes as well as in remote areas where water supply is disrupted.
Water is life. As essential as breathing, water is a very important resource to sustain life and communities, as well as to power industries and economic activities. With this in mind, the Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) unveiled a groundbreaking technology to solve the shortage of safe drinking water during calamities
ACCESS to safe drinking water may be a problem in some areas, especially since the very sources of freshwater are no longer safe because of typhoons, flooding, earthquakes, breakouts, and other disasters that are prevalent in archipelagic countries like the Philippines.