Results of Research to Address World's Clean Water Crisis

Pentair, Inc. (NYSE: PNR), a leader in sustainable water solutions, announced today the results of the multi-year Project Safewater-Colon initiative and research, funded by The Pentair Foundation. Project Safewater-Colon demonstrates that it's possible to provide people in developing countries with affordable and sustainable sources of safe drinking water. "Everyone understands that people need clean, safe water to live. The issue becomes proving that a viable, sustainable and cost-effective solution can be provided where it's desperately needed, and we have done that," stated Randall J. Hogan, chairman and chief executive officer of Pentair. "The results of the Project Safewater-Colon study show that for an investment of only pennies a day per person, we can ensure that people have access to safe drinking water in regions where they don't have it now." More than one billion people around the world, most of them in developing nations, lack access to safe water. The result is that preventable waterborne diseases continue to be a leading cause of illness and death globally. Every day, approximately 25,000 people, mainly children in developing countries, die from preventable waterborne diseases, according to the World Health Organization. Read more: http://bit.ly/mSRJkX

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