The Commander’s Emergency Relief Program has funded solar-powered water filters for a small Iraqi village, where potable water is not as common as for people living in the urban world. The water purifier was delivered and set up adjacent to a water canal on a farm where some villagers gathered to view the new piece of technology.

The purifier will run only on solar energy and will be able to quench the thirst of up to 200 local people who till now were not able to get potable water for everyday use. The project costs more than $5300, all of which is sponsored by the Commander’s Emergency Relief Program. The U.S. armed forces have installed a total of six similar water purifiers in the past several months and they plan to carry these efforts further.