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Chlorine protects 400,000 Haitians from waterborne disease


Atlanta, GA (1888PressRelease) December 09, 2008 - Some 400,000 residents of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, now have access to clean water for the first time thanks in part to 100 neighborhood chlorinators designed and manufactured by NORWECO Inc. of Norwalk, Ohio, (norweco.com) and specially designed dry chlorine tablets from Arch Chemicals Inc. of Norwalk, Connecticut. (archchemicals.com)

Starting in May of 2006, Washington, D.C. based International Action -- working with a Haitian group, Dlo Pwòp (Clean Water in Creole) -- has installed 100 water chlorinators in 23 of the poorest neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince, providing the communities with clean water for the very first time.

The special Norweco tablet chlorinators require no electricity, but operate on the gravity flow of water from city or village water sources. They are simple to install, easy to operate and trouble-free to maintain. They are very effective in developing countries like Haiti where there is no community plumbing, but people must use buckets to retrieve their water from one main source each day.

The Arch Chemicals chlorine tablets used are comprised of calcium hypochlorite, which is widely used in disinfecting drinking water worldwide. They are also very reasonable in cost. In Haiti, for example, International Actions chlorine costs are less than $50 each month to protect the water for 50,000 residents. Contributors to International Action are always surprised at how such few dollars can end up protecting so many residents.

The tablet chlorinators provide a steady, pre-set level of chlorination which persists in the water for many days. This provides dependable protection against the disease-causing bacteria common in the buckets, home storage tanks, and local piping in developing countries.

In a new program focused upon city water tanks, International Action is treating water with chlorine for the first time in Haiti. The impact of the new chlorine program is significant in a country with the highest infant and child mortality rates in the Western Hemisphere.

The largest killer of children in all developing countries is waterborne disease such as cholera, typhoid, hepatitis, and chronic diarrhea. These diseases lead to the premature and avoidable deaths of 2.6 million children each year. Under no circumstance should be happening; we can install a water chlorinator that lasts a generation. It will provide up to 10,000 people with clean, safe drinking water. Chlorine is becoming a major force for public health in Haiti, said Lindsay Mattison, Director of International Action

Do you think this can work for other countries with diseased and contaminated water?

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yes! everyone should have access to clean water

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Well if anybody needs it desperately its African countries and India.

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$50 bucks a month for over 50,000 residents is a good deal to me

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I'm glad that they've found such a low cost method to provide clean water for the people of Haiti. I definitely think this would work for other countries since it only costs $50 a month to maintain.

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Heck yeah! this sounds pretty amazing.  If clean water is so easy to provide, then provide it!

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this sounds like a good deal to me.

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i think this is a positive thing and it can work...if it worked then it will work for others. good price to

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