Remote areas usually lack basic clean water services. Considering low population, poor geographical accessibility and lack of electricity, a small-scaled water treatment system capable of producing clean fresh water associated with solar thermal/photovoltaic applications, which is characterized with low capital cost, easy operation and less need of maintenance, is employed in the techno-economic study. Indonesia is one of the countries which owns considerable water resources in their territories but has moderate coverage in basic water services, and is chosen as a case for demonstration. The price of clean water from this system is profitable as compared to that of bottled water, which is an accessible safe water in these areas, but still much higher than that of municipal water.

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偏远地区通常缺乏基本的清洁水服务。考虑到人口少，地理上的可及性差和电力不足，正在开发一种能够产生与太阳能/光伏应用相关的清洁淡水的小型水处理系统，该系统的特点是投资成本低，易于操作且无需维护。受雇于技术经济研究。印度尼西亚是其领土上拥有大量水资源但基本供水服务覆盖率中等的国家之一，因此被选为示范案例。与瓶装水相比，该系统提供的纯净水价格可观，这是瓶装水在这些地区可以轻易获得的安全水，但仍远高于市政用水。

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