The lack of infrastructure has left a large part of the rural population in Pakistan underwater due to post-catastrophic floods that ravaged the country, in the most unhygienic conditions. The rising death toll due to the floods was followed by waterborne diseases and contaminated water or in some cases complete lack of it. Despite relief funds from some of the world’s richer countries, the long-term and sustainable solution needed to come from within the country. EveryWater, the revolutionary, clean and affordable filtration system provided an instant solution and relief to flood-stricken areas, ensuring the availability of clean drinking water to help prevent water-borne diseases such as cholera in such conditions.
Pakistani innovative startup, EveryWater, was founded by a group of young chemical engineers who developed a water purification solution using a proprietary polymer technology known as “Esoteric Resistive Membrane”, which is also known as intrinsically biofilm resistant membrane and protected by patents in 82 countries worldwide.
How does the technology work?
EveryWater has pioneered a ground-breaking new filtration technology - an intrinsically anti-microbial membrane ready to provide safe, clean water through a range of household and industrial products.
Created using innovative ERM technology, thousands of intrinsically anti-microbial hollow fiber membranes work together to make one highly effective filter that delivers clean drinking water. Each hollow fiber membrane is intrinsically anti-microbial, meaning every part of it is made to fight harmful bacteria. Finely controlled pore sizes ensure contaminants stand no chance, with 99.9999% of them blocked from going any further.
EveryWater pioneered a ground-breaking new filtration technology, an intrinsically anti-microbial membrane ready to provide safe, clean water
With this revolutionary ERM technology, the build-up of any bio-film is prevented, ensuring the filter's effectiveness and fast flow rate is maintained. This results in clean and safe water, delivered quickly, easily and efficiently. It is capable of purifying 400,000 litres of water from one filter, making it an affordable solution for hundreds of people.
From its humble beginnings in a university dormitory in Pakistan, EveryWater has evolved into an award-winning technology startup. Through a smart, sustainable, and highly efficient filtration technology invented by Shayan Sohail, Arslan Ahmad and Hafiz Usama Tanveer, EveryWater aims to restore the fundamental human right to clean drinking water for everyone, everywhere, every time.
When these three young scientists pitched their ground-breaking solution to the Hashoo Foundation, an impact investing and philanthropic arm of Hashoo Group, things started moving quickly. The team then engaged an Austrian company to facilitate the engineering design based out of Singapore, where the idea was incubated at the university and with access to the latest technology and machinery from Korea. This is where EveryWater finally developed its invention into a feasible product that had the potential to change the world.
EveryWater offers a portable, cost-effective, off-grid filter that can clean 10,000 liters of water from all water-borne bacteria, viruses and contaminants. It can be attached to a faucet or a bucket, it’s as simple as that. This technology has ensured clean water to people across Pakistan, India, Africa, and South America during water-borne epidemics and disasters.
The project has won numerous awards for its innovative and affordable technology including; Winner of Young Water Fellowship, Young Water Solutions; Winner of Commonwealth Awards for innovative projects delivering sustainable development in the winner's countries, 2020; National Award for the Most Innovative Technology of the Year, Pakistan, among others.