200 Insituform Employees Take Action for Clean Water On World Water Day 2008.Insituform CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Calls for Increasing Global Access to Water And Repairing Deteriorating Infrastructure CHESTERFIELD, Mo. -- Almost 200 employees of Insituform Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq Global Select Market: INSU INSU Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers (France) ) from 10 countries and 20 states are lending their voices to a call for action on the global clean-water crisis on World Water Day, March 22, 2008. From Europe and Asia and every corner of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Insituform employees are supporting the United Nation's World Water Day by participating in "Walk for Water" activities. Scores of Insituform employees signed up online to either participate in the walks in several cities across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. - such as New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Seattle, or Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. - or to join in a "virtual" walk. In the virtual walk, participants in actual walks will carry Insituform employees' names in symbolic water jugs during the event. The walks recognize the daily journey that women and children in many countries are forced to make to get water for their families. "Insituform and our employees are focused not only on the 1.1 billion people - one-sixth of the world's population - who lack access to clean water, but also on the rapidly deteriorating infrastructure that delivers clean water to people fortunate enough to live in developed countries," said Al Woods, Insituform Interim Chief Executive Officer. He said that, while many people struggle to get the minimal amount of clean water necessary to live, others are facing the collapse of the system that delivers clean water to them as well as the sewer system Noun 1. sewer system - facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage sewage system, sewage works facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the that protects their water from contamination. Woods noted that not only is March 22 the United Nation's annual World Water Day, but also that the U.N. has declared 2008 the International Year of Sanitation. "These two issues are inextricably in·ex·tri·ca·ble adj. 1. a. So intricate or entangled as to make escape impossible: an inextricable maze; an inextricable web of deceit. b. linked and are essential for improving the world's health and economic development," Woods said. He said the lack of clean water exacts a terrible toll on human life around the world. "Water-borne illnesses are the No. 1 cause of sickness and death in the world. They kill 2.2 million people a year - 6,000 children every day," he said. Woods said Insituform is working to help the water industry develop a closer partnership with municipal officials and financial leaders to promote progress in the clean-water effort. He said Insituform's leaders have spent much of the last year discussing water and sanitation challenges with leaders from the Asia-Pacific region and Europe and across North America. "We urge everyone to work together to find solutions to the clean-water challenges we face across the globe," Woods said. "We believe the charge we have taken upon ourselves to enable 'clean water for the world' is a noble cause that leaders everywhere can support. There are promising signs of increasing attention to the lack of clean water by national, international, and financial leaders around the world. We can provide or repair the infrastructure needed to address this global water crisis if we work together." Matt Wassam, National Sales Manager for Insituform Blue[TM], the company's potable potable /pot·a·ble/ (po´tah-b'l) fit to drink. po·ta·ble adj. Fit to drink; drinkable. potable fit to drink. water division, said many water and sewer systems are aging beyond their life expectancy Life Expectancy 1. The age until which a person is expected to live. 2. The remaining number of years an individual is expected to live, based on IRS issued life expectancy tables. . In an Advocate's Page he created on the World Water Day Web site, Wassam said, "Sustainable water ... requires the taxpayers, public works officials, and legislators to continue to invest in treatment and infrastructure." Allowing the infrastructure to crumble before addressing it, Wassam said, is "like driving a car 40,000 miles before changing the oil." For more information on World Water Day, go to www.worldwaterday.net. For more information on the International Year of Sanitation, go to http://esa.un.org/iys/. Insituform Technologies Inc. is a leading worldwide provider of proprietary technologies and services for rehabilitating sewer, water, and other underground piping systems without digging or disruption. More information about Insituform is available on its Internet site at www.insituform.com. Insituform([R]), the Insituform([R]) logo, and Clean water for the world[R] are the registered trademarks of INA Ina (ē`nä), city (1990 pop. 60,062), Nagano prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Tenryu River. It is an agricultural and industrial center with a famous agricultural school. Acquisition Corp. and its affiliates. |
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