Dreamwater Portable Filter- Footsteps Bangladesh

Dreamwater Filter is a lightweight portable device which can convert surface water, especially flood water, into drinking water just with the push of a button.

2. BillionUSDGlobalWaterMarket
Million+potentialcustomersin
Bangladeshalone
Millionacrefeetofsurfaceflow
annuallyinBangladesh
RahimaBegum spends two hours
every day to collect water from a
nearby tubewell, and during flood
season cannot access it for going
underwater.

3. DreamwaterEnterprises Limited, established in 2022, is a social enterprise which builds cost effective WASH
products to create access to safe drinking water for rural communities across Bangladesh.
DreamwaterPortable Filter:
✓Lightweight
✓Durable
✓Affordable
✓Portable
✓5 Stage UV-Filtration, removes
99.99% of bacteria and viruses
✓Convert upto15,000 liters of
surface water into drinking
water anywhere, anytime
Version 2:
Automated version backed with
battery lasting upto6 hours
Version 1:
Manual Version using
handpump mechanism

4. •Governmental agencies with
WASH focus(BWB, etc)
•Ministries with Water, Disaster &
Climate focus
BUSINESS 2 GOVERNMENT
BUSINESS 2 BUSINESS
•NGOS/INGOS
•Private corporation for
CSR
•Individuals buying filters for household purpose
•Individuals buying filters for commercial purpose
BUSINESS 2 CONSUMERS
HOUSEHOLD USE COMMERCIAL USE DISASTER RESPONSE
Version 1: 4,500/cycle
Version 2: 6,000/cycle
Version 1: 15,000/device
Version 2: 20,000/device

5. [[
DreamwaterPFs have
been deployed on ground
Liters of Flood Water Converted
into Drinking Water
Customers reached with water
produced DreamwaterPortable
Filters
Individuals trained as water
entrepreneurs using Dreamwater
PFs

6. ❖3,02, 30,000 BDT estimated revenue from
device sales and maintenance by 2026
❖1,250 devices on ground by 2026 (Version 1:
700, Version 2: 550)
❖Secured Aqua for All’s ‘WASH Innovation
Challenge’ Fund in 2022 (USD 10,000)
❖YoungWaterSolution’sCohort Funding in 2022
(USD 25,000)
❖Secured UNDP ISGAP Grant for Climate
Innovation 2023 (USD 125,000)

7. OTHER PORTABLE FILTER DREAMWATERPORTABLE FILTER
Expensive (WateROAMBDT 72,000)
Low Capacity (Less than 50 L/H)
Fragile or One Time Use
Cannot Remove Odor
& Improve Taste
Cost Effective (Less than BDT 20,000)
High Capacity (77.7 L/H)
Durable and Long Lasting
Can Remove Odor & Improve Taste

8. 22 YEARS TOTAL IN THE
DEVELOPMENT SECTOR
LLB, University of London,
BPTC, City, University of London
Key Expertise: Law and Policy
Development, People Management,
Technology Development
BSc. Environmental Economics,
Pennsylvania State University, USA
Key Expertise: Environmental
Economics, Water and Sanitation, GIS,
Policy and Social Marketing
16 YEARS TOTAL IN
THE WASH SECTOR

10. •Secure USD 50,000 for product development before
Year 1
•Integrate Microfinance for Device purchase by Year 2
•Develop DreamwaterPortable Filter'scapacity to
remove arsenic and salinity from source water by
Year 3
•Become a brand trusted by individuals and NGOs in
solving WASH challenge with our products by Year 3