Military Water Purification Unit.

Global Water Technologies recently has built a multifaceted water purification and filtration system that turns water from any source--freshwater or salt--into excellent potable water. Model LS3-DESAL-M600GPH (about the size of a large U-Haul trailer) produces 600 galions of potable water per hour from sea water, or as much as 1,200 gallons per hour from freshwater.

The first of these new units has been sold to the Turkish Navy. It is being delivered with an all-weather housing designed to withstand nuclear, biological, and chemical attacks. The housing is mounted on a custom-made, military-specified trailer.

Since 1990, Global Water Technologies has specialized in mobile, self-contained, and fixed-base water purification systems for disaster relief and military use. Global's standard production equipment can be run from any electrical power source, batteries, solar power, or hand and foot pumps. Mobile systems can pump between half a gallon per minute and 100,000 gallons per day Mobile backpacks also are available. Fixed-base platform systems can be sized from 75 gallons per hour to millions of gallons per day.

According to the United Nations, the number of people without access to safe water will increase by a billion in the next 25 years unless governments address the crisis and manage the world's water supply better. A child dies every eight seconds from a water-related disease, and 20 percent of freshwater fish species are near extinction because of contaminated water. Global's systems have been used on five continents--in Rwanda, Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Kurdish refugee camps (during the Gulf War). The systems also have provided drinking water following major hurricanes.