Firms bring water relief to Hurricane victims.CEO's Quentin T. Kelly of WorldWater & Power Corp. and Gerald C. Finn, global chairman and chief executive officer of of NAI See Network Associates. Global, have donated to Waveland, Miss. a specially modified version of WorldWater & Power's MobileMax Pure[TM], a solar powered mobile water purification  It has been suggested that , , and be merged into this article or section. system. WorldWater, developers of proprietary high-powered solar technology in Pennington, N.J., and NAI Global, the world's only managed network of commercial real estate firms, based in Princeton, N.J., are donating the unit to the people of Waveland, Miss., one of the hardest-hit communities by Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. . The two companies are sharing the cost of the mobile critical response pumping and power unit, Mobile MaxPure[TM], which is capable of delivering purified water Purified water can come from any source, including spring water, well water, seawater, or municipal water. This source water is then processed by reverse osmosis or deionization to produce a water that is indistinguishable from distilled water from any other source. and generating electricity for lighting and other power requirements. As a portable "power utility," the unit can be moved from critical point to point and begin delivering water and power in minutes after arrival at site. In an effort to provide assistance to the Hurricane Katrina ravaged rav·age v. rav·aged, rav·ag·ing, rav·ages v.tr. 1. To bring heavy destruction on; devastate: A tornado ravaged the town. 2. area of Waveland, Miss., Kelly approached Finn with the idea of a partnership donation. Kelly saw the opportunity to use the WorldWater & Power's expertise in solar-powered pumping and electric power generation to provide purified drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. so urgently needed in the devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. Gulf Coast area. "As an international network of commercial real estate firms, which operate in 40 countries worldwide, our focus has always been on how to help each local community where our members are based," Finn said. "When Hurricane Katrina hit, it affected our members in the Gulf Coast region, as well as thousands more and we wanted to help in any way we could. "As such, NAI Global is happy to be a partner in the donation of the MobileMax Pure[TM] to the flood ravaged Mississippi region." Assistance to locate an appropriate destination for the Mobile MaxPure[TM] was provided by Congressman Rush Holt (NJ--12th District), Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes, Dean Raymond, county coordinator for the Mercer County Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC), Scott Sklar, solar activist and president of The Stella Group, Ltd. in Washington, DC were instrumental in helping to establish contact with the Governor of Mississippi and his technical and humanitarian officials. |
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