Pentair Announces $5 Million Project Safewater Commitment

Pentair, a global leader in sustainable water solutions, announced today—in honor of World Water Day 2017—its next Project Safewater initiative with Water Mission, a global engineering nonprofit, to deliver clean, safe drinking water and sanitation to 150,000 people in Central America. The project expands upon the two organizations’ first collaborative effort, which saw the successful implementation of scalable, sustainable safe water and sanitation projects in the Department of Colón, Honduras.

“At Pentair, we believe that safe water is a fundamental human right, and one of the foundations of freedom and economic development,” said Randall J. Hogan, chairman and chief executive officer of Pentair. “The world’s safe drinking water crisis is solvable, as demonstrated by the sustainable and cost-effective solution that we implemented as part of our first Project Safewater initiative with Water Mission in Colón, Honduras. Systems and technologies developed from that project are now being deployed around the world, and we are pleased to expand this effort to additional regions in Honduras.”

Project Safewater Colón represents the largest scientifically documented water and sanitation project in Central America. The initial health impact study demonstrated reductions in illness resulting from waterborne diseases by 80 percent, and visits to the local health clinics for diarrheal diseases decreased by over 50 percent. In addition, a follow up study conducted in 2014 found that Colón’s infant mortality rate fell twice as much as the national average, which translates to saving the lives of 40 children each year.

Taxonomy

• Water & Sanitation
• Sanitation & Hygiene
• Water Supply