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Innovative Water Technologies, Inc.’s Solar-Powered Sunspring TM Water Purification Systems
Dear Evoke Agents,
Let me share with you an important discovery:
Innovative Water Technologies, Inc.’s Solar-Powered Sunspring TM Water Purification Systems
Please have a look:
http://www.innovativeh2o.com/indexPageSlideshow/index.htm
http://www.innovativeh2o.com/indexPageSlideshow/haitiVideoPopUp.htm
This system has been used in Haiti, delivered by The William J. Clinton Foundation, please see my blog: My Hero, former President Bill Clinton.
It has all necessary function to help a lot of people in the need of a solution. It is an innovation that I truly support.
Needs are very present, and in some cases urgent. But there are solutions. Here is one of the best, for large scale high impact progress, and a sustainable solution!
Please take a minute to comment and support
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Comment by Gretchen Wallace on March 29, 2010 at 12:52am
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I would love to know more about the underlying technology. I've been working with another innovation in Haiti, called the Waterbox, produced by Seldon Labs. It uses nanotubes to absorb up to 99.999% of viruses, and I believe it is the most advanced water purification technology on the market that requires no chemicals. However, each Waterbox can only provide 750 - 1000 gallons per day, so I am intrigued by this solution that provides 10,000 people with water daily. That is a powerful option that can go to scale very quickly in a desperate environment like Haiti. Thank you so much for sharing!
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Comment by Sylvain Ratelle on March 29, 2010 at 1:10am
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Hi Gretchen, Thank you for taking the time to be back to me, I guess most technical info are available on their web site, Do you have a idea of the cost of the Waterbox system, back to you soon,
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Thank you for mentioning the Sunspring. I am part of the team that helped deploy these systems to Haiti and have been thrilled by the difference we have been able to make:
To see an article describing both Sunspring and WaterBox technology please see:
http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2010/world/freshwater-deliver...
To see a video and background on the Sunspring at work in Haiti please see:
http://www.gereports.com/sipping-on-sun-water-at-sos-childrens-vill...
To see a map of current installations in Haiti please see:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid...
To see images from each current and upcoming site please see:
http://picasaweb.google.com/IWTSunspring
To see videos of what happened when Sunspring systems were turned on for the first time, please see: http://www.youtube.com/user/SunspringIWT
After participation in relief efforts to bring safe water after the Asian Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, the Sichuan Earthquake and other locations, I think we've finally hit on the right technological and economical solution. But emergency response is often too little, too late. The true potential for this type of technology is bringing microbiologically safe drinking water to small communities in need irregardless of disasters.
Andy
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Hello Andy, Thanks for being back to me, This is one of my goal, to be proactive and to bring this system to small communities, do you work for the group, let me know, talk to you soon, regards
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Comment by Shakwei Mbindyo on March 29, 2010 at 11:35am
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+1KS. I have visited the site and this looks like a fantastic solution.
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Sylvain - I do work with the group that deployed the systems. I used to be the GE product manager for the membrane technology inside the Sunspring and am now the head of Market Channel Management for the GE / Pentair JV that supplies some of the components inside the Sunspring - so I understand the technology inside. The company that carried this membrane technology into off-grid applications is small independent manufacturer in Colorado (www.innovativeh2o.com) that was able to marry solar and membrane technologies together into an easily deployed unit that is rugged and economical. The "magic" that made this possible is in Colorado and drives home the lesson that smaller, creative and fast moving companies have a huge role to play in developing some of the best solutions. I am a big advocate for the Coloradans because I do understand the technology well and because I have seen what they were able to accomplish quickly. In one 5 day period this month they were able to install 5 systems serving 50,000 people. These are incredible metrics by any sort of measurement. The fact that the systems they deployed can last up to 10 years also supports the ongoing recovery and development goals of Haiti. In short, it's been very heartening for me to finally see the evolution of a product that can deliver these kinds of benefits. It's been a long time coming.
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Andrew, For a group who would like to buy one and deliver to a developing country as a non profit activity, what would be the lowest initial price, to buy and what are the maintenance costs to maintain for the 10 years, Thanks
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Comment by Radhika Darbari on April 5, 2010 at 7:04pm
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Very insightful..great soltuion and sustainable one. Great to hear from other comments that impact already being seen.
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Dear Sylvain and all - sorry to be late with my response, but I was out of the office to welcome the first rotation of the Haiti team back. The price per Sunspring (as configured for Haiti) is USD $25,000 per system. The price reflects the extra components that IWT puts into the crate to make them fully adaptable to whatever conditions were found on the ground (a surface pump for surface water, a submersible pump for wells up to 30 meters deep, a year or more supply of prefilter cartridges, etc.). It sounds like a lot of money upfront, but when broken down to the fact that one unit can serve up to 10,000 persons for up to 10 years it works out to less than .0001 cent per person - substantially cheaper than alternative solutions and the only one able to deliver water to USEPA Microbiological Purifier Guide Protocol. The last item was one that IWT and its partners were not willing to compromise on - any unit sent to Haiti had to be good enough for use in the USA or Europe and they were not prepared to send anything that was a "compromise" in terms of the quality of water produced. You can get more information on costs and availability from IWT - the company that makes the systems for GE and Pentair - please contact the owner of the company directly at carmen@innovativeh2o.com. Her name is Carmen Barker and her telephone number is +1-303-944-1913.
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Just a quick addendum to my note above - when I wrote "one unit can serve up to 10,000 persons for up to 10 years it works out to less than .0001 cent per person" - the cost is less than .0001 cent per person PER DAY. Just want to be clear on that.
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