OSTEGO, MICH. — Intent on providing clean drinking water to third-world countries, a Michigan couple has been constructing water purification units in their garage, according to The Plainwell & Ostego Union Enterprise.
Jerry Bohl, 65, and his wife Judy, 66, began building the devices after a trip to El Salvador in 1995. The experience opened their eyes to the dire living conditions of the local people and the shortage of clean drinking water found there, the article reported.
“We had bottled water, but most of the people couldn’t afford it,” Jerry said. “In the capital of San Salvador they supply water to residents but it’s all filled with bacteria and when the people drink it they have to deal with parasites, bacteria, viruses and diarrhea.”
The water purification units, which are modeled after a research project by a student and her professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, use ultraviolet light and cotton filters to produce potable water, according to the story.
Jerry’s non-profit organization, Clean Water for the World, has distributed 60 purification units to communities in 12 countries, the article stated.
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