(SWIM - Safe Water International Ministries). The SWIM hand-held Chlorine Producing Unit (CPU) has joined in the now-urgent fight to provide safe water to the earthquake stricken people of Nepal and northern India.
Speaking with established contacts on the ground in Delhi it is clear the situation is becoming dire. According to SWIM sources in India, people are in panic in Delhi, UP and Bihar states. People are unable to sleep at night because of the potential of more earthquakes at any time. The Nepal situation is worst. The government is active in rescue operations. For now, the Indian government is providing them food, water, clothes, shelter and medicine. Usually after 15 days the government will stop the operation and people will be without safe water.
SWIM volunteers in India will be traveling from Delhi to Nepal. They will be setting up distribution centers to distribute chlorine from 50 chlorine producing units that are due to arrive next week.
A SWIM CPU, together with a car or motorcycle battery, salt, and water is all you need to produce a virtually unlimited supply of 0.7% concentrated free chlorine solution. The SWIM chlorine solution is typically used to treat drinking water. It is safer than commercial bleach because it is made from only food grade salt; it does not have any other additives and, while strong, it is much easier to use than concentrated bleach. The chlorine will be made and then distributed in family sized bottles.
In less than an hour each CPU is capable of producing enough chlorine to make up to 1500 gallons of water safe to drink.
A secondary use for the CPU is to provide disinfectant to clean surfaces and surgery tools in medical facilities. Amputations are a common injury following earthquakes and building collapse. This method provides a solution that can be used immediately without dilution.
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Speaking with established contacts on the ground in Delhi it is clear the situation is becoming dire. According to SWIM sources in India, people are in panic in Delhi, UP and Bihar states. People are unable to sleep at night because of the potential of more earthquakes at any time. The Nepal situation is worst. The government is active in rescue operations. For now, the Indian government is providing them food, water, clothes, shelter and medicine. Usually after 15 days the government will stop the operation and people will be without safe water.
SWIM volunteers in India will be traveling from Delhi to Nepal. They will be setting up distribution centers to distribute chlorine from 50 chlorine producing units that are due to arrive next week.
A SWIM CPU, together with a car or motorcycle battery, salt, and water is all you need to produce a virtually unlimited supply of 0.7% concentrated free chlorine solution. The SWIM chlorine solution is typically used to treat drinking water. It is safer than commercial bleach because it is made from only food grade salt; it does not have any other additives and, while strong, it is much easier to use than concentrated bleach. The chlorine will be made and then distributed in family sized bottles.
In less than an hour each CPU is capable of producing enough chlorine to make up to 1500 gallons of water safe to drink.
A secondary use for the CPU is to provide disinfectant to clean surfaces and surgery tools in medical facilities. Amputations are a common injury following earthquakes and building collapse. This method provides a solution that can be used immediately without dilution.
www.swimforhim.org
