DEVELOP3D - Technology for the product lifecycle

When I turn on the tap I expect clean, drinking water to flow out. I never really spare a thought to the complex network of pipes involved in getting the water in my sink. But if you do think about it, it’s a sophisticated network and a luxury that not everyone in the world has.

For instance, many countries in the Middle East rely on water tankers to deliver drinking water on a commercial ‘paid for’ basis. These tankers are filled using old-fashioned, hand-operated valves in Kuwait’s water filling stations.

But this is all about to change with the new Aquaflow system.

Designed and developed by Radius Creative for Weststone, Aquaflow is a low voltage, low maintenance and secure dispensing system. Basically, the tanker driver drives up to the unit, inserts a smart card and types in the amount of gallons required to fill their tanker. Water is then dispensed into the tanker to an accuracy of less than 0.5 per cent.

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