For Ecolotech...
We believe that Inventing technology to solve people's life is a happy business.
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We build the cleaner and better world
Our company were build with a vision : How can we solve humanity problems from shortage and from climate change? If all human efforts that try to solve the problem until now are fail. Can we do it better by using or inventing efficient technology?
We decide to start with water problem.
Water is new gold. We are already heard that. Getting to clean water becomes one of the biggest Global challenge of this century. How can everyone have sufficient clean water without conflict?
The answer comes from the sky.
From NASA, 3 trillions gallon of water floating in the air, pure and infinite. It's the right answer. But how can we pull these water from the air? The first technology was invented, we call it " Atmospheric Water Generator ( AWG )" But this technology need to be improved to be accessible everywhere event in the poor area. While keeping the cost of water production low.
For Ecolotech, the biggest challenge of our company is defined. Inventing the technology that gives free and best quality drinking water, can solve 3 problems in one time : Mankind, Reduce pollution, and Human's health.
To see which problems we can solve, they are as below :
WATER FACTS
EVERY 90 SECONDS A CHILD DIES FROM A WATER-RELATED DISEASE.
160 MILLION CHILDREN SUFFER FROM STUNTING AND CHRONIC MALNUTRITION LINKED TO WATER AND SANITATION.
DIARRHEA IS THE 3RD LEADING CAUSE OF CHILD DEATH, A MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE WATER-RELATED.
Sources : Web site: http://www.water.org
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The world doesn't stand a chance without water.
It spreads disease. Compromises safety. Makes education elusive and economic opportunity farther out of reach. The lack of access to safe water is deadly, dangerous, and a major obstacle to the people of developing nations becoming economically empowered. It is what is standing between billions of people and their health, safety, and the opportunity to unlock their true potential.
Water scarcity is an abstract concept to many and a stark reality for others. It is the result of myriad environmental, political, economic, and social forces.
Water Is Life
Wherever they are, people need water to survive. Not only is the human body 60 percent water, the resource is also essential for producing food, clothing, and computers, moving our waste stream, and keeping us and the environment healthy.
According to the United Nations, water use has grown at more than twice the rate of population increase in the last century. By 2025, an estimated 1.8 billion people will live in areas plagued by water scarcity, with two-thirds of the world's population living in water-stressed regions as a result of use, growth, and climate change.
DO YOU KNOW?
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1.1 billion people lack access to an improved water supply - approximately one in six people on earth.
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A person can live weeks without food, but only days without water.
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2.6 billion people in the world lack access to improved sanitation.
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Less than 1% of the world's fresh water (or about 0.007% of all water on earth) is readily accessible for direct human use.
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A person needs 4 to 5 gallons of water per day to survive. The average American individual uses 100 to 176 gallons of water at home each day. The average African family uses about 5 gallons of water each day.
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Millions of women and children spend several hours a day collecting water from distant, often polluted sources.
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Water systems fail at a rate of 50% or higher.
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Every $1 spent on water and sanitation creates on average another $8 in costs averted and productivity gained.
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Almost two in three people lacking access to clean water live on less $2 a day.
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Poor people living in the slums often pay 5-10 times more for per liter of water than wealthy people living in the same city.
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Water-Related Disease Facts
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Every 8 seconds, a child dies from a water-related disease.
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For children under age five, water-related diseases are the leading cause of death.
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At any given time, half of the world’s hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from a water-related disease.
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1.8 million children die each year from diarrhea – 4,900 deaths each day.
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No intervention has greater overall impact upon national development and public health than the provision of safe drinking water and the proper disposal of human waste.
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Human health improvements are influenced not only by the use of clean water, but also by personal hygiene habits and the use of sanitation facilities.
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Close to half of all people in developing countries are suffering at any given time from a health problem caused by water and sanitation deficits.
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The water and sanitation crisis claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns.
WATER FACTS
EVERYEAR PRODUCING BOTTLED WATER
REQUIRES AS MUCH AS 17 MILLION
BARELS OF CRUDE OIL – ENOUGH TO FUEL
A MILLION AMERICAN CARS FOR A YEAR.
IT ALSO RESULTS IN TWO AND A HALF
MILLION TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE
ENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE
Sources : “Why Not Bottle Water?” Retrieved April 22, 2009 from
What’s Tappenning™ Web site: http://www.tappenning.com
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Pollution that was produced from drinking water
Our environment
The decisions we make about drinking water go far beyond water—they’re also about our planet and future generations.
This section looks at some of the traditional sources of drinking water and their environmental impact. For perspective, we’ll compare these with Air Water.
A mass-market nightmare
Plastic bottles—both the 5-gallon containers delivered by truck, and small, single-serve, disposable bottles—are part of our popular culture. They are a modern convenience that has provided us with access to drinking water nearly anywhere we go.
However, the price we are paying for the convenience of bottled water, as well as other common drinking water sources, is the sustainability of our planet.
Fossil fuel usage
The production of bottled water in the United States alone consumes approximately 900,000 tons of plastic annually—the equivalent of more than 17 million barrels of oil.
Shipping this water to its final destination requires additional fossil fuels. The National Geographic estimates that 40,000 18-wheelers are required to deliver our bottled water every week. Many popular brands of drinking water are even shipped to the United States from abroad via gas guzzling cargo ships.
Trash and pollution
Needless to say, the trucks and ships carrying these bottles also emit exhaust fumes, damaging our air and oceans.
Of the approximately 30 billion plastic water bottles sold annually in the United States, less than 20% are recycled. This leaves billions of plastic bottles in our landfills, beaches, waterways, and public spaces. In the hundreds of years it takes for this plastic to decompose, it is steadily poisoning our plant and animal life.
In addition to the exhaust fumes emitted from trucks and cargo ships along the supply chain, the process of bottling water in production factories releases roughly 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year.
Water Waste
In connection with the 4 billion gallons of drinking water bottled in the United States each year, an additional 8 billion gallons of fresh water are required for the bottling process.
Tap-water filtration systems require three to four gallons of water for each usable gallon produced. As water is passed through a filtration membrane at high pressure in an effort to remove chemicals, pathogens, and metals, approximately two thirds of that water is discharged directly into your sewer.
WATER FACTS
COMPOUNDS FOUND IN BOTTLED WATER AS ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS, or EDCs, WHICH CAN ACT LIKE HORMONES IN THE BODY AND HAVE BEEN LINKED TO DIABETES, BREAST CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Source : “REITERATING WHY YOU SHOULD NOT BUY BOTTLED WATER”
Retrieved August 6, 2014 | By Hannah Ellsbury Web site :
http:// www.banthebottle.net
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Bottled water is toxic for health
What's So Bad about Our Drinking Water?
Most water contains arsenic, fluoride, chlorine and a host of other unhealthy toxins. So when we drink it we are actually imbibing water that contains a mixture of toxic, poisonous chemicals that spells danger and at the very least overburdening work for our colons.
Arsenic is a very toxic heavy metal classified by the International Academy for Research on Cancer (IARC) as a Category I carcinogen, which means it is definitely a cancer causing agent. Arsenic occurs naturally in the environment but humans have a hand in its presence as well. The EPA set the acceptable standard for arsenic at 10 parts per billion in tap water. Several US states in the Midwest, New England and western area exceed this standard from time to time.
Fluoride One of the most toxic substances we know of is fluoride and yet it is found in almost all brands of toothpaste. It's added even though there is no data to support its effectiveness in the fight against tooth decay. Today you can find fluoride in bottled water, and even baby formula. Tap water is actually fluoridated, meaning it's added to water deliberately, notwithstanding it's almost as poisonous as arsenic is, and more toxic than lead. This substance is so toxic until the fluoridation process has been banned in several countries. Even some U.S. cities have caught on and started rejecting the process of fluoridation since 1990.
Chlorine is added to water to kill certain bacteria. This chemical can be inhaled in gas form and absorbed through the skin and therefore presents a danger even if you're present in the room with it, to say nothing of drinking it. Once in the human body, it bonds with other compounds to form Trihalomethanes (THMs). These byproducts trigger the production of free radicals in the body and cause serious cell damage. In one research study, chlorine and chloramine was added to rats' water supply and as a result the rats developed tumors in the liver kidneys and intestines. Even after this study which shows some of the dangers possible, the government continues to provide chlorinated drinking water to the public.
You may be thinking, “Well, those stats don’t apply to me; I only drink bottled water.” Or, “I drink filtered tap water at work.” Unfortunately, even those methods of obtaining water can be flawed.
Here is a brief look at the most common drinking water sources, through a revealing lens.
Containers delivered by truck
Let's explore the average lifecycle of water that is dispensed from a 5-gallon bottle:
**The water arrives at the bottling plant, and while we would all like to assume it comes from a protected spring, much of the water is simply pumped in from municipal sources.
** As the bottles are filled, trace amounts of chemicals are added in as preservatives and to enhance taste such as Magnesium Sulfate (Epsom salts) and Potassium Chloride (which is also used in making fertilizers). While these chemicals have been approved as safe for human consumption, no multigenerational studies on possible health risks have been completed.
** Another source of potential health risk is the plastic bottle itself. In the last few years, studies have demonstrated that chemicals added to the plastic, such as BPA and other phthalates, can be endocrine disrupters and may result in birth defects. This process does not happen instantaneously; however, during the time span that filled bottles are warehoused and transported to intermediaries and then to consumers, the inner plastic lining perpetually leaches these chemicals into the water, which is then ingested by the consumer.
** Once the refilled bottles are delivered to the home or office, airborne particles (including hair, dust, and dead skin) start to accumulate on the exterior of the plastic bottle. Far too often, these contaminants remain present on the bottle neck as the bottle is being hoisted into the exposed water tank, thereby allowing them to enter the water and creating an extremely hospitable environment for bacteria and pathogen growth.
It’s a very popular system—but its drawbacks pose health risks.
Individual plastic bottles
Despite the convenience and ubiquity of single-serve plastic bottles in our society, a greater focus needs to be directed toward the quality of water that we are drinking out of those plastic bottles. To develop a better understanding, we investigated the current issues:
First, we examined what’s in the water that enters the bottling plant. Like the sources for 5-gallon plastic bottles, water used for single-serve bottles does not always come from “natural springs.” According to a study conducted by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), 18% of the 173 bottled water companies surveyed refused to supply the study with information on where the water comes from. Bottled water companies are not required under law to disclose their specific source or what contaminants may be in that water.
Second, we examined what gets into our water from the moment the water enters the bottle to the moment we screw off the cap and drink. The potential health risks of plastic additives, such as BPA, have been widely documented in recent years. We now know water should not be exposed to sustained elevated temperatures because it increases the likelihood that these additives will break down and leach into our water. Nonetheless, even today many bottling companies ship from overseas. The water bottles then sit in the sun in a freight yard, or spend weeks in a metal shipping container, exposed to both extreme cold and heat. When we twist off the cap, we are unknowingly ingesting chemicals that can lead to terminal illnesses and birth defects.
More and more people are concluding the most intelligent response to all of this data is to avoid plastic food and water containers altogether.
One important note: The immense popularity coupled with the surprisingly low recycling statistics of disposable plastic water bottles has created a global ecological catastrophe.
Filtered tap water at your work or home
Another common means of getting drinking water is through carbon filtration either before or after dispensing from the tap. These systems run water through a porous filter, typically made of carbon or charcoal, to trap particles while allowing water to pass through.
These systems can reduce particles—such as sand, small rocks, rust, and lead from old city pipes. But they typically cannot remove any smaller chemicals that have dissolved in the water. So unless you have confirmed the purity of the water coming into your building, this type of system may be fraught with contamination. The state of our public works infrastructure has slowly declined over the past several decades due to neglect. Without replacements, pipes corrode over time causing water escapement and rust exposure.
In addition, these filters require frequent maintenance. This could involve changing expired filters or disinfecting the container. Failure to properly maintain a filter will reduce its effectiveness and, in some cases, may affect the quality.