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Solar-powered ATMs to deliver clean drinking water in Pakistan

By REUTERS

MAY 14, 2015 12:47

LAHORE- A Pakistani province is set to launch an innovation for water: Solar-powered ATMs that dispense clean water when a smart card is scanned.

The two-foot-square prototype machine looks and functions like an ATM, but dispenses water instead of cash. Users are issued a card they can use to claim a daily share of water.

The project aims to install a water ATM on each of a series of water filtration plants being established in rural and urban fringe areas of Punjab province.

The machine is designed to help the government cut water waste and ensure people have access to clean water, said Jawad Abbasi, a program manager at IPAL.

"The innovative machines will help the government maintain a record of the exact quantity of clean drinking water being dispensed in a day in a specific locality, besides ensuring its quality," he said.

The quality and quantity of water being dispensed will be tracked in real time online, through a central server, he said.

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