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Article: Inexpensive solar-powered water purification promoted
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- September 24, 2009
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A solar-powered water purification system demonstrated on
Wednesday by a New Castle company on the eve of the Group of 20
summit could combat a growing world health crisis: access to clean
water.
"Our vision is to have these in place all over the world," said
Tom Joseph, the founder and president of Epiphany Solar Water
Systems Inc.
The model shown yesterday near the Carnegie Science Center can
purify about 30 gallons of water a day. But the system can be scaled
up to "hundreds of gallons a day or larger," said Joseph.
To promote and fund the endeavor, Joseph's sister, local attorney
Amy Joseph, and local attorney Eddie Edwards Jr. co-chair a
nonprofit called Project Eviive. It hopes to ...