Biosand Bag Filter, Llc

Name

Biosand Bag Filter, Llc

Legal name

BioSand Bag Filter, LLC

Website

https://www.biosandbag.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Portable Water Filtration Equipment

akta.pro primary industry

Filtration (Rapid/Slow Sand, Media, Membrane Pretreatment) (EUANABAB)

Keywords

• Portable water filtration
• Slow sand filtration
• Community water treatment
• Off-grid water systems
• WASH hardware devices

Headquarters

HQ city

New Paltz

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. P3 BioSand Bag Filter Hardware Sales: One-time sale of portable water treatment devices. The P3 system is manufactured and shipped as a complete unit with locally sourced sand and frame components. No ongoing subscription or consumables required after initial purchase.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

BioSand Bag Filter, LLC designs, manufactures, and distributes the P3 BioSand Bag Filter, a portable, gravity-fed water treatment device that uses slow sand filtration plus its patented soft-side vessel technology to deliver clean drinking water to communities without electricity, pumps, or chemicals. Each unit weighs 35 lbs, treats 5,450 liters/day, serves over 200 people, and is shipped worldwide in foldable form, with sand, frame, and bleach sourced locally at the destination. The company sells through regional partners (Agua Global Costa Rica, Vida Liquida), NGOs (Trailblazers Foundation, WaterForPeople.org, GADEF.org), and government projects (US EPA Project RARE in Puerto Rico, CAR Colombia, Costa Rica Ministry of Health).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• P3 BioSand Bag Filter A portable, gravity-fed water treatment device using slow sand filtration and patented soft-side vessel technology (US Patent No. D780,873) to provide clean drinking water for over 200 people at less than 1 cent per person per day operational cost. Weighs 35 lbs (16 kg), requires no pumps, fuel, electricity, or chemicals, and achieves 99.9999% reduction in E. coli and 100% removal of fecal coliform per Pace Analytical Labs and AYA Costa Rica certifications. Designed for rural communities, NGOs, and government agencies that need off-grid, low-maintenance water treatment.
• Table Top P3 A compact, portable version of the original P3 BioSand Bag Filter designed for smaller-scale water treatment needs. Exhibited at Agua Expo 2015 in Costa Rica and targeted at smaller deployments and demonstration use.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99.9999% reduction in E-Coli bacteria (Pace Analytical Lab certified, 2012)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Agua Global Costa RicaflagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 14 October 2014Signed mutual exclusivity agreement on October 14, 2014 with the First Lady of Costa Rica to provide the P3 in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Peru. Partner coordinates with government ministries for testing and deployment.
• Vida LiquidacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional partner in Costa Rica handling sales and local implementation. Head of Sales: Nathalie Toro. Presented at EARTH University and Agua Expo 2015.
• Trailblazers FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstalled close to 400 household biosand bag filters in Cambodia. Received two P3 systems funded through Indiegogo campaign. Built frames locally and got systems operational in village of Peam Ta Oo.
• WaterForPeople.orgflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational NGO partner for water projects in developing countries. Partnership to develop projects bringing treated water for drinking, cooking, and washing to communities in Uganda and Ghana.
• GADEF.orgflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Uganda and Ghana projects for bringing treated water for drinking, cooking, and washing to communities.
• US EPAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject RARE - US EPA evaluation of renewable water treatment and monitoring technologies in Puerto Rico. Four P3 units installed in Apeadero community, water quality to be evaluated by EPA.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Sawyer Products: Sawyer Products makes portable water filtration systems (hollow-fiber membrane filters, gravity filters) for outdoor, humanitarian, and developing-country use. Comparable to BioSand Bag Filter as a portable, no-chemical filtration device serving similar end users in rural and disaster-response contexts.
• MSR (Mountain Safety Research): MSR Global Health, part of Cascade Designs, designs household-scale water filtration and disinfection products for developing-world and emergency-relief applications. Comparable to BioSand Bag Filter in mission, scale of unit (community/household), and humanitarian channel.
• P&G Purifier of Water: P&G's Children's Safe Drinking Water program produces water purification sachets and household-scale treatment solutions for developing-world communities. Comparable to BioSand Bag Filter in humanitarian/NGO distribution model, target population (low-income, off-grid households), and outcome metrics (bacterial reduction).
• LifeStraw (Vestergaard): LifeStraw, by Vestergaard, manufactures portable and household water filters and purification products targeted at developing-world households and outdoor/emergency use. It is the most direct comparable to BioSand Bag Filter given its mission, target customer base, and household-scale filtration products.
• Katadyn Group: Katadyn manufactures portable and expedition-grade water filters, including ceramic and gravity-fed systems for outdoor, military, and humanitarian use. Comparable to BioSand Bag Filter as a portable, gravity-fed filtration device targeting off-grid households and emergency response.

Emerging players

• WaterHealth International: WaterHealth International deploys decentralized community-scale water purification systems in developing countries, with similar NGO/government partnership distribution. Comparable to BioSand Bag Filter in targeting rural off-grid communities with centralized filtration infrastructure rather than household-scale units.
• Drinkwell: Drinkwell deploys community-scale water filtration systems (often arsenic-removal focused) in Bangladesh and South Asia via franchise model. Comparable to BioSand Bag Filter in deploying localized filtration infrastructure in underserved developing-country markets through partner networks.
• SODIS (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology): SODIS promotes solar water disinfection (SODIS) as a low-cost household water treatment method in developing countries, often through NGO channels. Comparable to BioSand Bag Filter as a no-chemical/no-power household-level water treatment approach for off-grid communities.

Others

• WaterAid: WaterAid is a major international NGO focused on clean water, sanitation, and hygiene in developing countries, often procuring and distributing household/community-scale water treatment systems. Comparable to BioSand Bag Filter as a buyer/partner in the same humanitarian channel rather than as a product competitor.
• PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health): PATH is a global health NGO that develops and deploys water treatment technologies for low-resource settings, often partnering with manufacturers and governments. Comparable to BioSand Bag Filter as an adjacent ecosystem player funding and validating similar point-of-collection water solutions in the same target geographies.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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