Recognition for an Iowa water charity
February 23, 2009

The Pure Water for All Foundation, a group set up by Washington (Iowa) water superintendent John Hays, has received some attention from the Des Moines Register. Hays and his charity produce water-treatment systems suitable for use in developing countries where access to chlorine is limited and usually very expensive. While the Western world generally takes its clean, safe drinking water for granted, the World Health Organization estimates that a billion people have no safe drinking water. Safe drinking water is the cornerstone of public health, and an essential element in improving human longevity. Modern public-water disinfection only began in the United States in 1908.

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