MIOX assists in Mexico flooding disaster recovery
Water World com, Página N.E.
23/10/2009
MIOX Corp. joined forces with the FEMSA Foundation, the charitable division of Mexico–based FEMSA beverage company, to provide clean water to victims of recent floods in the Mexican state of Tabasco.
MIOX, an Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA–based water disinfection equipment manufacturer, donated equipment and trained personnel to the non–profit foundation to assist in disaster recovery in Tabasco after torrential rains following Tropical Storm Noel at the end of October.
According to FEMSA Foundation director Dr. Vidal Garza Cantú, about 90% of FEMSA employees in the region suffered significant damage to their homes and even the FEMSA bottling facilities were “stop and go.”
The donated MIOX water purification equipment can provide approximately 100,000 liters of treated water per day to a total of 6,700 disaster victims, and can be run off of standard AC power, batteries, or photovoltaic power. The MIOX systems were used successfully in response to Hurricane Katrina, as well as the tsunami relief efforts in Thailand and Sri Lanka.