Dow Chemical and International Aid Announce Partnership to Address Global Safe Water Crisis

The Dow Chemical Company and humanitarian healthcare agency International Aid today announced a partnership that will help provide safer and cleaner water around the world. Dow will supply all of the plastic resin required to manufacture 300,000 HydrAid(TM) BioSand Water Filters, a lightweight water purification device currently being distributed by International Aid and its partners worldwide. At just seven pounds, the HydrAid(TM) filter is viewed as a major design improvement to the traditional, 300-pound concrete BioSand filter. Manufactured by Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Cascade Engineering, the injection-molded, non-electric device is far easier to transport, and can provide enough clean, safe water to meet all of a family’s daily water needs. “The simplicity, affordability and effectiveness of the HydrAid(TM) water filter hold the promise to make a dramatic impact on the global water crisis,” said International Aid President and CEO Myles D. Fish. “We are delighted that Dow is joining with International Aid and our growing number of distribution partners to help bring the HydrAid(TM) filter to the many thousands of communities suffering from lack of clean water worldwide.” Image source:  hydraid.org. > Continue.

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