A New Micro-Finance Initiative for Water Projects
December 15, 2008, Atlanta, GA --- H2oAlliance launched a new micro-finance initiative that will mentor SME's, enable collaboration and make effective water management solutions available to enterprises in the developing countries. Since 1995, the H2oAlliance micro-finance leadership team has managed micro-credit projects worldwide. The latest project locations include Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Phillippines and Sri-Lanka.
H2oAlliance's 2009-2012 micro-finance initiative will deliver viable water management tools, solutions, and technologies to local enterprises, low-income households, to help them augment their incomes and create assets. The ultimate goal is make safe and clean drinking water easily available to families and create unique opportunities to SME's, micro-finance institutions, urban local bodies and vocational training institutes.
H2oAlliance partners will play an important role in identifying and qualifying micro-finance and water management solutions for water projects worldwide. All partners will facilitate this process by participating in partnership programs between SME's, micro-finance experts and local enterprises working in these areas.
H2oAlliance experts are well versed with micro-finance and water project management. Each commercial water project is led by a select group of experts in the areas of rural development and poverty alleviation to improve adequate structuring and risk mitigation. Collaboration will enable funding for small to large water projects at reasonable cost, improve commercial success and ensure clean and safe drinking water to people and communities.
For more information: H2oAlliance Micro-Finance Team
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How a Small Investment in Electro Analytical WaterTechnology Leads to High ROI
Atlanta
September 27, 2007 - - - Raw and treated water quality varies from place to place, depending on the condition of the source water from which it is drawn, and the treatment it receives. Real-time monitoring of the water quality, offers a series of advantages that lead to higher ROI’s.
Some advantages include the minimization of waste emissions by improved process involving the minimization of by-product formation, raw material usage, energy consumption, and wasted production.
The application of an electric signal, and the monitoring of the liquids in most industrial processes, can detect key substances. A series of electro analytical techniques offers the possibility of performing a plethora of qualitative or quantitative determinations of substances in several of matrices. These substances are analyzed by techniques that make use of electrochemical detectors. Electrochemical techniques offer increasing degrees of accuracy, and detection limits, often involving dramatically lower costs than other techniques.
Industrial water management technologies can help companies identify also the failures in their production. In many cases the most harmful emissions consist of very precious things. Actually the material in waste water can be wasted production, not just something that is wanted to be shifted.
The real-time electrochemical measuring, monitoring, and early warning system places emphasis on tracking the concentration of pollutants in all liquids. These technologies are the world's only single-sensor system capable of detecting many organic, and non-organic contamination as low as a few parts per million. As regulations and operating constraints become more stringent in most industries around the world, constant monitoring is set to become more, and more crucial to ensure good, and consistent water quality.
Mining and Mineral companies can easily capture valuable heavy metal emissions, and prevent water pollution in the environment by using real-time electrochemical monitoring technologies.
Paper and Pulp operators can prevent, or in most cases eliminate costly manufacturing interruptions. Constant water quality monitoring is critical, as our recent research proves that most production problems are directly related to changes in water quality.
Bottling Companies can prevent arsenic or other harmful contaminants entering beverages, control sugar-related problems, or maintain constant taste in beverages. They can simply install a low cost real-time electrochemical monitoring system to control raw water quality at the source, and monitor treated water quality, to ensure the best possible end product.
Pharmaceutical Companies use real-time electrochemical liquid monitoring technologies to detect changes in water quality to prevent contamination related problems.
Water Utilities can reduce chemical consumption, and secure better tap water quality by using new low cost real-time electrochemical monitoring technologies, or joining an Online Water Monitoring Service offered by H2oAlliance.
Environmental Companies can effectively monitor water resources in real-time to prevent disasters, help protect the water resources, and the environment.
For information how companies in diverse industries can improve ROI by simply using innovative water-efficiency technologies, please click here.
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Banking on Blue Gold and Green Technologies
Atlanta
September 21, 2007 -- Over the past few years, concerns about the diminishing "Blue Gold" resources, global warming, fast urbanization,
industrialization, and aging infrastructure have made "Water" one
of the hottest area for companies, and investors.
The environmental movement is gaining steam as corporations
join the "Green Wave" with the involvement, and dedication of more,
and more companies. The exploding demand, and use of green technologies, continues to push company valuations to higher levels.
The freshwater resources are diminishing because of growth
in population, industry and agriculture - all demanding ever increasing amounts
of freshwater. In addition, global warming is changing water and weather
patterns around the world. Water is contaminated with thousands of chemicals -
whether they are from industrial processes, fertilizers, and pesticides from
farms, or from contaminants such as human excretions of birth control pills,
antibiotics or the remnants of chemotherapy.
Companies throughout the world have become good neighbors. They integrate innovative technology solutions, such as real-time electrochemical monitoring, into their water-related processes, to reduce freshwater consumption, and become part of the
environmental solution. They can save hundreds of thousands of dollars each year in
freshwater costs, while avoiding
contamination in the environment, and possible costly disasters.
Most companies use raw, treated, waste, and recycled water
in their industrial processes. Constant water quality monitoring affords
companies the highest water quality, at the lowest possible rate. The use of real-time electrochemical monitoring technology is
critical in any, and every liquid process, as it is capable of detecting any
changes in water quality, that can not be detected out by other technologies. A small or large investment in a real-time water monitoring system
can easily pay for itself within a year.
As a response to the exploding interest in freshwater technologies, H2oAlliance launched a Global WaterTech Cluster in
September 2007. All key partners are independent private, and public companies,
and institutions. They provide total solutions, systems, products, and
consulting services for industrial/ commercial (B2B), and the residential (B2C)
clientele. They specialize in providing product and services to water utility,
environmental, food and beverage, pulp and paper, mining and minerals,
agriculture, chemical, pharmaceutical, recreational, and safety industries worldwide.
Even a small investment in the
design, and implementation of an effective industrial water monitoring plan,
combined with innovative water technologies, can help companies increase
profitability and productivity, and save the environment.
H2oAlliance continues seeking strong partners worldwide, to bring clientele, and set-up operations,
and investors to secure funding for global expansion.
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