“People who do not have water from a river or stream has to make a water well. From that well the water will be contaminated with arsenic, which is in the soil structure. We develop a technology, unique in its kind, which remove arsenic, heavy metals and all kinds of microorganisms, “explained Sergio Ferrari who led the construction and design of the Plant arsenic house “project MTDLC Company (Manufacturing and Technology Development Limited Company).
The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that “prolonged exposure to arsenic through consumption of contaminated water and food can cause cancer and skin lesions. It has also been associated with developmental problems, cardiovascular disease, neurotoxicity and diabetes.”
The regional chronic hydroarsenicism endemic (HACRE) is a condition that particularly affects people of northern Argentina, including the provinces of Santiago del Estero and Chaco, as a result of the ingestion of well water content of arsenic exceeding compatible maxims criteria determining potability wHO (up to 0.05 mg per liter).
In addition to analyzing how to clean up the Riachuelo, Ferrari and his team took care to develop a filter with a series of formulas with reconditioned minerals, removes arsenic but retains the beneficial elements for the body, such as salts. It is a combined process of filtration and absorption, which takes the 99% arsenic and removes bacteria, turbidity and up to 80% of harmful products, prepared to produce up to six liters of equipment water safe hour.
In 2012 eight community plants, each with a capacity to supply 1,000 people in five locations of Chaco, all near the Impenetrable were installed. It was the project Agua Segura, which was financed by the national government. Each plant cost about a million pesos.
