According to the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon the lack of safe water perpetuates poverty in the least developed countries (LDC’s). Since 1990, approximately 1.7 billion people have gained access to safe drinking water, however 900 million still do not do not have access to clean water.
“Living in these conditions increases the likelihood of disease and death,” Ban Ki-Moon told participants on September 22, 2010 at an event held at the UN Headquarters called “Addressing the Global Water and Sanitation Challenge: The Key to the MDGs.” The UN has made it a point to spotlight the issue through its “Water for Life” campaign.
Four regions have already surpassed the MGDs, or the Millennium Development Goals, including Northern Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and South Eastern Asia.
Pureoflow has helped, in particular the Northern African country of Mozambique to reach their goal in obtaining clean water by donating a custom made water purification system to a rural village.
Mozambique’s limited access to raw water supplies makes it dependent on its neighbors upstream for about 50 percent of its surface water. Roughly 75 percent of the population in Mozambique relies on groundwater sources. Mozambique is also particularly vulnerable to cyclical natural disasters.
Tom Cartwright, CEO of PureOFlow says, “While the main causes of death are Diarrhea and Cholera, let’s not forget that this region of the world has high-prevalence rates of HIV/AIDS, and particularly in Cholera-affected regions.
PureOFlow custom-designed and delivered at no charge, a non-electric water purification system for the people in this village. Up until now, their water was so bad they could not even grow their own crops. After the PureOFlow system was installed, they have clean, healthy and SAFE drinking water along with water for irrigating their fields using two modified LifeOPure systems with special pretreatment.
The PureOFlow reverse osmosis (RO) system removes up to 98 percent of the substances found in water both natural—such as hard water salts, and manmade contaminants. Unlike any other water purification system on the market, PureOFlow utilizes a special membrane technology through an exclusive licensing agreement with GE. As water passes through a PureOFlow system containing a series of membranes, particles as small as 1,000th the width of a human hair are eliminated along with any trace-amounts of contaminants in drinking water.
This revolutionary technology is a new approach to water purification that delivers desalination and purification in one system, offering the most resourceful and cost-efficient water purification on the market.
To learn more visit us at http://www.pureoflow.com/
References: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=36050&Cr=water&Cr1=
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
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