Article
on Ecotality.com |
 WorldWater & Solar
Technologies Corp. will soon be shipping 12 of its Mobile MaxPure
solar-powered water purification systems to the US military, which
will use them to bring clean fresh water to farmers and families
in the Euphrates Valley region of Iraq. The portable systems have
the ability to supply 30,000 gallons per day of clean fresh water
for drinking or irrigation - and 3.2 kilowatts of electrical power.
The Mobile MaxPure™ is a stand-alone, sturdy and robust 7-foot cube
that opens with the press of a button, unfolding a solar array which
can deliver 3.2 kilowatts of electrical power and, with the Company’s
patented pump controller™ can pump and purify up to 30,000 gallons
of water daily. The unit can also desalinate brackish or sea water.
It will operate from sunshine alone or in combination with a power
grid. Mobile MaxPure™ is also equipped with a back-up generator and
a battery bank for 24-hour use.
The Morrell Foundation of Bluffdale, Utah, is paying $900,000 for
the dozen units, which are being delivered to Iraq by Millennium
KI, a military supply contractor.
“The Iraqi farmers do not have reliable power from the electric
grid to operate their irrigation pumps or treat their water for drinking,”
said Quentin T. Kelly, Chairman & CEO of WorldWater & Solar
Technologies Corp., in a press release. “When we received an e-mail
from the Marines at Camp Fallujah requesting water purification units,
we moved immediately. Morrell and Millennium responded equally. I
understand families are drinking directly from the river, which of
course is seriously polluted. Within 30 minutes of Max’s arrival
on site, the people will be able to drink purified water from the
river and able to start irrigating crops.”
WorldWater isn’t on the cutting edge of innovating new energy technologies
- instead it is in the business of innovating ways to use solar power
- in this case, to create fresh water in a remote location that’s
off both the electric grid and the public water infrastructure. The
Mobile MaxPure™ is, I think, a good example of the kinds of alt-energy
applications we’re going to increasingly see: relatively small, decentralized
and independent of the grid. |
