Bothell, Wash. – HaloSource, Inc., a clean technology
company focusing on clean water solutions, was featured
recently on a PBS television special highlighting the plight
of consumers in India who are faced with daily challenges in
accessing clean drinking water.
According to the PBS Nightly Business Report program on
“India’s Promise: Watery Wealth,” India’s rivers serve as
the primary source of drinking water, repository of
untreated sewage and the center for some of its holiest
rituals. Now, India’s rivers have become a source of misery
for millions.
Much of India’s water is unsafe to drink. While many
families have in-home plumbing, the quality of the water is
unacceptable for human consumption. Even in middle class
neighborhoods, water may be tanked in only sporadically, and
piped water may flow for just a few hours a day. When the
water is not flowing or pressurized, the old and failing
underground pipes allow sewage to seep in and contaminate
the water lines.
The PBS program highlighted HaloSource’s affordable HaloPure
water purification technology, which kills the bacteria and
viruses in drinking water that are the primary cause of
diarrhea, dysentery, gastroenteritis, typhoid, cholera,
jaundice, polio and other water-borne diseases.
HaloSource’s director of drinking water systems, Duane Dunk,
was featured on the PBS television program. “People in
developing countries such as India need a way to solve the
drinking water crisis today rather than waiting for
government and expensive infrastructure projects,” said
Dunk. “It is HaloSource’s mission to give families access to
clean, safe and affordable drinking water in their own
homes.”
HaloSource is targeting its water purification efforts in
developing countries where safe drinking water is a
significant health issue. “Our strategy is to co-brand and
partner with the leading water treatment companies around
the world,” said John Kaestle, HaloSource president and CEO.
“In India, HaloSource’s partner is Eureka Forbes, India’s
largest household water purification company, whose product
brands are household names.”
Recently, Eureka Forbes introduced the HaloPure-powered
AquaSure water purifier, which purifies water in homes, even
when there’s no electricity or piped water. HaloSource
recently established a new operating company in India,
HaloSource Technologies Pvt. Ltd., to provide HaloPure water
purification products to Eureka Forbes.
About HaloSource
HaloSource antimicrobial and clean technology solutions
reliably and effectively provide clean water and control
germs. HaloSource offers the most effective, tested and
proven solutions in the product categories of clean water
and infection control. HaloSource brands include HaloPure
water purification products that kill disease-causing
bacteria and viruses and remove impurities for safe, pure
drinking water, HaloShield textile and surface coating
solutions that harness the antimicrobial power of chlorine,
SeaKlear water treatments to maintain clean and clear water
in pools and spas, and StormKlear natural erosion and
sediment control for treating and decontaminating storm and
waste water. More information is available at
www.halosource.com.
