Mother nature knows best. With ease and simplicity, nature purifies water in many restorative ways. In designing the Sora Water Recycler, we have mimicked natural processes of water filtration, from babbling creeks to slow flowing wetlands, to create a simpler and less wasteful means of recycling and purifying water in homes.
All systems that attempt to recycle/reuse water from appliances that exist today utilize water purifying/recycling methods that require lots of maintenance and care; from replacing expensive filters to having to keep a close eye on everything. This is why the Sora stands apart from existing water recycling, and it tries to mimic the effortless processes that occur in nature.
The Sora Water Recycler uses technology that does not need any expensive replacement parts or costly maintenance. It is designed to self-regulate itself and allow you to effortlessly reuse a large percentage of your water from appliances (excluding toilets) and create drinkable water simultaneously.
The system works with a series of purification steps. Our machine is basically a water treatment plant in a box. First the water flows stabilize, allowing solids to settle, and reducing strain on the system.
After the flow is stabilized, the water goes through a series of anaerobic and aerobic reactors, resembling the layer of soil near a river or creek, with limited oxygen. The microbes in a probiotic enrichment layer digest most health-threatening impurities.
The aerobic (or oxygenated) contact zone has a biofilter that sustains aerobic microbes which treat the water, which also disinfects unwanted contaminants. Sand filtration is also used, which disinfects further and removes micro sized particles.
Taking things a step further, the solar distiller can purify the water using sunlight and assisted evaporation, making it 100% impurity free and fully drinkable. At the end of the recycling process, our machine harvests two purity levels of water: one to be used for home appliances or irrigation, and one for drinking.