Comments on: How to clean contaminated water in third world countries? http://www.mobiles4development.com/how-to-clean-contaminated-water-in-third-world-countries/ Helping the third world Develop Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:08:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rowan Hubbard http://www.mobiles4development.com/how-to-clean-contaminated-water-in-third-world-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Rowan Hubbard Sun, 06 Aug 2006 06:43:29 +0000 http://www.mobiles4development.com/how-to-clean-contaminated-water-in-third-world-countries/#comment-449 Chlorox is cheapest Chlorox is cheapest

]]> By: Kingston Earl http://www.mobiles4development.com/how-to-clean-contaminated-water-in-third-world-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-448 Kingston Earl Sat, 05 Aug 2006 22:03:30 +0000 http://www.mobiles4development.com/how-to-clean-contaminated-water-in-third-world-countries/#comment-448 I am part of an organization called International Action. It's a small non-profit organization based in Washington D.C. We are installing water treatment systems in Haiti. Our mission is to save lives in Haiti and I hope one day we will expand to other countries and continents. Our systems are called tablet chlorinators, they are very simple to install, use and maintain, the system is perfectly adapted to environment and economic conditions of the developing world (they do not require electricity). Those chlorinators can hold up to 20 chlorine tablets which slowly dilute in the water and purify it. In Haiti as well as in other developing countries millions of people die from waterborne diseases such as typhoid, diarrhea, hepatitis and cholera. Our chlorine kills the disease causing bacteria and the population is protected with clean and safe water! The cost for those infrastructure is a huge bang for the buck! one small chlorinator will be purchased, shipped and installed for $265, it can provide water for up to 10,000 people and will last for a quarter of a generation with very little if not no maintenance!!! For the big chlorinator the price is $995 and it protects up to 50,000 people!! The chlorine costs for each chlorinator is less than $200 a year. And you have to keep in mind that this is for thousands of people who will be provided with the most basic necessity: clean water. Almost every water source in Haiti is contaminated by human waste and millions of Haitians have to drink the water they bathe in. They need help from the international community but also and mainly from individuals like us who can donate of our time or money for organizations like International Action to thrive and reach even more people with the gift of a better life! I am part of an organization called International Action. It’s a small non-profit organization based in Washington D.C.

We are installing water treatment systems in Haiti. Our mission is to save lives in Haiti and I hope one day we will expand to other countries and continents.

Our systems are called tablet chlorinators, they are very simple to install, use and maintain, the system is perfectly adapted to environment and economic conditions of the developing world (they do not require electricity).
Those chlorinators can hold up to 20 chlorine tablets which slowly dilute in the water and purify it.
In Haiti as well as in other developing countries millions of people die from waterborne diseases such as typhoid, diarrhea, hepatitis and cholera. Our chlorine kills the disease causing bacteria and the population is protected with clean and safe water!

The cost for those infrastructure is a huge bang for the buck! one small chlorinator will be purchased, shipped and installed for $265, it can provide water for up to 10,000 people and will last for a quarter of a generation with very little if not no maintenance!!!
For the big chlorinator the price is $995 and it protects up to 50,000 people!! The chlorine costs for each chlorinator is less than $200 a year.
And you have to keep in mind that this is for thousands of people who will be provided with the most basic necessity: clean water.

Almost every water source in Haiti is contaminated by human waste and millions of Haitians have to drink the water they bathe in. They need help from the international community but also and mainly from individuals like us who can donate of our time or money for organizations like International Action to thrive and reach even more people with the gift of a better life!

]]> By: Taryn Challinor http://www.mobiles4development.com/how-to-clean-contaminated-water-in-third-world-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-447 Taryn Challinor Thu, 03 Aug 2006 03:06:30 +0000 http://www.mobiles4development.com/how-to-clean-contaminated-water-in-third-world-countries/#comment-447 Boil it. All you need is wood to make a fire and a pan to hold the water. Boil it. All you need is wood to make a fire and a pan to hold the water.

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