Africa Water – What Water Crisis?

Africa Water – What Water Crisis?

by | May 4, 2021 | Emergency Relief, Travel, Water

How the Lack of a Clean Water Source is affecting the Poverty, Education, and Aid resulting by Africa Water

Is Africa water still in crisis?

Although there is safe drinking water in some parts of Africa, an overwhelming number of countries in Africa lack the infrastructure to provide a safe water source for many of their communities. As many as 2,500 people die as the direct result of drinking from a dirty polluted Africa water source every day.  According to David Damberger, an expert on NGO infrastructure in Africa, maintaining the water source infrastructure is where NGOs are failing to provide Africa water, not installing them. In several places, water systems have been reinstalled just meters away from pre-existing ones as funding is provided on the premise that the NGO creates something new.

Human Rights – Safe Drinking Water

Access to clean drinking water from an accessible water source is a fundamental human right. The infrastructure is consistently unreliable, and so governments and NGOs need to invest in alternative solutions like Sure Aqua technology.

Africa needs a way to access safe drinking water when the infrastructure breaks down or becomes polluted. If Africa could be provided with an affordable, reusable, portable water filtration system that doesn’t rely on batteries, electricity, or expensive chemicals, like the Sure Aqua water filter systems, the number of deaths and illnesses in Africa would dramatically decrease.

In much of Africa, water sources are often both scarce and polluted.  In many cases, women and children throughout Africa walk more than 20 kilometers to the nearest water source that contains drinkable Africa water. Even after traveling that far the water often contains harmful bacteria. The benefit of Sure Aqua products is that they are completely portable, providing a safe water source wherever you go.

The Water Solution

With Sure Aqua technology one can drink from any water source, offering the potential to minimize how far the people have to go to collect water and ensuring the water collected is safe to drink. Unfortunately, the time it takes to collect water for many families prevents women from generating income and children from going to school, furthering the cycle of poverty.

East Africa is currently experiencing the worst drought in 60 years. As a result, thousands of families from all over Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia are leaving their communities to seek food and water in one of the increasingly overcrowded and under-equipped refugee camps in the area.

A large proportion of East Africa’s population, especially in Ethiopia, lives off the land. Without water the crops don’t grow, the animals die, and families are left not only without any income but also without food or water.  Attempts are being made to rectify the Africa water situation, but so far, progress hasn’t been able to keep up with the increasing demand for aid.

Be Prepared when travelling to drink water in Africa

Anyone traveling to Africa, especially East Africa, in the recent future should make special precautions to ensure access to a water source and a water purification system. Do some research on the area to find out about the current situation. Also, remember that although people generally don’t wish to harm you, poverty breeds crime, so be street smart to avoid winding up in a sticky situation.

When reading about Africa or planning to travel there, it is vital to grasp how versatile Africa is. Many in the West seem to think of Africa as a single country. We associate it with images of charity commercials featuring starving children with swollen bellies. However, far from this image, Africa is a varied continent. Each country has its own culture, traditions, languages, music, and of course, problems. To have true empathy for Africa, one must understand its joys as well as its sorrows

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Flying Overseas? How Healthy Is Your Airline Water?

by | May 3, 2021 | Water

United States publication, US Today, reported a random test conducted by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) revealed contamination by fecal coliform bacteria and e-coli in passenger plane drinking airline water. That’s not the kind of news you want to read when you’re flying overseas.

Do you know the quality of water you are airline water drinking from your tap?

Now you can drink the local water, with ice – including airline water – anywhere you travel. Using a compact, low-cost Sure Aqua products personal drinking water filter, you can fly anywhere overseas with your own pocket water filter slipped into your bum bag, handbag, or backpack gear.

It’s one of the standard overseas travel health warnings – don’t drink the water, including airline water.  Did you know around 40% of overseas travelers experience uncomfortable, often debilitating diarrhea for at least one day and up to four days as they travel?  Giardia Lamblia and Cryptosporidium are major travel health risks and the chief causes of diarrhea, also vomiting, and cramps.

How well, will you recover?

While healthy adults recover from Cryptosporidium within days, though it remains in the lower intestine for around 5-weeks, in children or those with weak immune systems, it can become severe, long-term, and even fatal.

Those at risk include international travelers, hikers, campers, and backpackers who drink from unfiltered, untreated water systems. Cryptosporidium cannot be destroyed by chlorine-based water disinfectants, except in prohibitive concentrations, making removal by water filters necessary and vital.

Giardia cysts can be present in wells and other drinking water systems, seemingly healthy spring water and pristine mountain streams (in the U.S., it has earned the name ‘Beaver Fever), and municipal reservoirs. Like Cryptosporidium, it cannot be destroyed by chlorination, also requiring filtration.

How much water should I drink?

Hydration is always important when you’re traveling, but even more so during long-distance airline flights. Because of this, rather than drink the stale tasting airline water, most travelers opt for taking or purchasing bottled water on board.  With Sure Aqua products, you can have a trusted supply of traveling water on hand without the expense and the growing strain on the environment caused by bottled water.

You’ve taken out travel insurance so why not back it up. For less than 1 cent a liter, you can substantially protect your health and avoid disappointment on your holidays.  For parents, it’s fantastic to know that with this small water filter tucked away in your pocket, and your children can enjoy healthy drinking water while you’re in-flight or on the ground. Then you only need to avoid the salad and other high-risk foods.

Be prepared when you travel especially drinking airline water

One of the best travel health precautions when you’re flying overseas is to ensure you have access to healthy water by carrying a Sure Aqua products water filter straw.

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Travel Water Filter

by | May 3, 2021 | Water

There are very few countries around the world that you can categorically trust to drink local tap water without becoming ill to some degree. This includes developed countries. It may not necessarily be because of any “bad” bacteria but because you are not used to the local water because the composition is different, such as having a different mineral base.

Notwithstanding the above statement, bacteria, protozoa cysts, Giardia, Cryptosporidium, and other creepy crawlies exist in a staggering 46% of water supplies worldwide. As reported by the US Environmental Protection Agency, only one US state did not have a water-based health violation.

There is a direct correlation between the levels of sanitation in the country to the water quality. The higher the sanitation level, that is, the percentage of people’s access to sanitation, the higher the quality of drinkable water. With only 25% of nations in the world with a 90% or above reach in sanitation, it speaks volumes of water quality in most countries.

Something to think about, over 2 million tones of feces is disposed of in water supplies (WWAP – United Nations World Water Assessment Programme)

The thought of getting dysentery or gastroenteritis is a terrible thought as it may ruin your holiday or traveling experience. Not to say the side effects can last for a very long time after the initial bout of the infection.

I don’t think that staying in a 4 or 5-star hotel will be the answer, or just using bottled water will make a difference. Hotel water comes from the same source as from the surrounding suburbs, and the bottled water may come from the same source. As well don’t think drinking soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, and the like will absolve you (Soft drinks use the same water or the ice in the alcoholic drink). Even more, skepticism needs to be made in not-so-developed nations. Giardia and Cryptosporidium can be found at these establishments as well.

It’s one of the standard overseas travel health warnings – don’t drink the water. Did you know around 40% of overseas travelers experience uncomfortable, often debilitating diarrhea for at least one day and up to four days as they travel? Giardia Lamblia and Cryptosporidium are significant travel health risks and the chief causes of diarrhea, also vomiting, and cramps.

While healthy adults recover from Cryptosporidium within days, though it remains in the lower intestine for around 5-weeks, in children or those with weak immune systems, it can become severe, long-term, and even fatal.

Now you can drink the local water, with ice anywhere your holiday or travel. Using a compact, low-cost Sure Aqua product personal chemical-free drinking water filter, you can fly anywhere overseas with your own pocket water filter slipped into your bum bag, handbag, or backpack gear. There is no need to carry many liters of water each day in your bag. Lighten the load. Just get your water as you go and drink it through a Sure Aqua product.

Don’t expose yourself to the risk of becoming ill when traveling or holidaying. Avoid coming down with any gastroenteritis, Giardiasis, or cryptosporidiosis. Don’t think that using a chemical-based product will kill these cysts-based infections, and it has been acknowledged by the World Health Organisation and the US Military that chemicals don’t work on these cysts unless the level of concentrate is so high that it renders the water undrinkable.

With the Sure Aqua product range, you are able to freely drink water anywhere in your travels. Rather than spend your well-earned money on expensive bottled water to maintain hydration, you can use it to bring home some fascinating memorabilia. At a fraction of the cost, the Sure Aqua products costs are recouped within a few days of your holiday.

You’ve taken out travel insurance, so why not back it up. For a very cheap cost, you can substantially protect your health and avoid disappointment on your holidays. For parents, it’s fantastic to know that with this small water filter tucked away in your pocket, and your children can enjoy healthy drinking water while you’re in-flight or on the ground. Then you only need to avoid the salad and other high-risk foods.

One of the best travel health precautions, when you’re flying overseas is to ensure you have access to healthy water by carrying a Sure Aqua product, water filter purification straw, or bottle.

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Bottled Water Replacement

Bottled Water Replacement

by | Apr 30, 2021 | Water

Why does the bottled water market do so well?

I would put it to you that it’s a great marketing snow job. We pay a premium for water, which has been shown to be cleaner water from our taps, a FRACTION of the price and without the impact to the environment.

We all need to make the decision to replace bottled water and reduce this unnecessary impact on the environment.

Bottled water has been proven time and time again to contain dangerous levels of bacteria; this is an industry that is lacking in regulation. This lack of regulation is taking its toll on our health and our environment.

Replace bottled water.

What is going on with Bottled Water?

As a society, we have lost faith in the quality of water being provided to us. This is evident in the amount of bottled water we purchase on a daily, weekly, month, and yearly basis. On average, we consume a staggering 5.3 liters of bottled water a week, that’s 275 liters a water per year. If the average price per liter is $2.50, that equates to $689 per year per person. That’s over $2,756 per year for an average 4 person family. That’s average across every single person in this country.

Bottled water is bought for a number of reasons, including when out in the park, at work, or just for around the home. Sometimes it for convenience, and other times it is just because we have not thought about installing a water filter at home. Nonetheless, it hits our hip pocket along with increasing greenhouse gases and increasing landfill.

There must be a more economical and “greener” way for both at home and out. In many tourist suburbs, water bottles are being banned from being sold due to rubbish is causes around the suburb. This is extreme though they have not provided any real alternative to the precious liquid.

Do you really know what is in the bottled water you purchased?

In the US, the FDA (Food and Drugs Administration) regulates the bottled water industry. One of their regulations regarding labeling, manufacturers must label where they obtain the water. The manufacturers can also avoid this by stating the water has been purified, deionized, or distilled. This is a potential risk for consumers as there is inappropriate treatment of water.

Another pertinent point about the bottled water industry is that a number of regulations for bottled water, in particular, the microbiological regulations, is less stringent than the EPA’s for tap water. Unlike municipal water suppliers, managed by the EPA, the test results of water quality are public information where bottled water is not.

In addition, the Sure Aqua product range used significantly reduces costs spent on bottled water as well as significantly reducing landfills.

Deciding on the water-filled heart as our logo was no accident. It signifies water is essential for maintaining your health and well-being. Our chemical-free purifier straw will fit perfectly in your pocket, handbag. This low-cost product is affordable to have every member of your family. It is a must, like having a toothbrush. Everyone should have their own personal water straw – the Sure Aqua products.

How Can Sure Aqua products reduce Carbon Footprint?

When a person uses Sure Aqua product, this will replace the need to have the energy required to produce and transport at least 2000 bottles of water. That’s over 200 kilograms of carbon emissions compared to only 250 grams to make each Sure Aqua product. A massive differential!

This is not even mentioning the requirement to dispose of the bottle rubbish generated.

The Sure Aqua product range makes sense at all levels. Why wait?

 

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How Are Reusable Filters Safer than Bottled Water?

by | Apr 29, 2021 | Water

Good question – after all, haven’t we always been advised to drink bottled water as the best source of filtered water in or away from home? Why should we need water purifiers with or without reusable filters?

Why Bottled Water Is Not the Answer

“Purified water” sold in bottles has steadily become a significant, growing environmental hazard and a potential health risk. Are you startled by that statement? If you are, it’s not surprising, given the advertising to the contrary in what is a US$35 billion “pure water “industry.

Environmental impact includes the 4 liters (1.05 gallons) of drinking water, 90g of oil, and 62g of carbon emissions to manufacture just one 1-liter plastic water bottle. On top of this comes the impact of transportation and often global export of up to 45 billion bottles, the 33 million tonnes of discarded plastic that will finish up in landfills, and the uncounted mass that pollutes our waterways and green space. Even though they are ‘reusable’, water bottles less than 1/3 are recycled.

Health concerns stem from a number of authorities, including the World Health Organization warning for bacterial contamination, and from the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council). The NRDC tested 1,000 bottles of water across 103 brands of bottled water. Far from being uniformly pure, over 30 brands – 333 bottles out of 1,000 – were contaminated with bacteria and synthetic organic chemicals, and one brand was found to have traces of arsenic above legal limits.

Why Sure Aqua Products are the Healthier, Eco-Friendly Answer

Environmentally friendly, low-cost Sure Aqua water filtration products were providing pure, clean water on the go whether you’re traveling across the state or around the world.

Sure Aqua Corp portable water purifiers are ideal for travel anywhere in the world as they filter out dangerous protozoa and water-based bacteria found in many foreign countries using an ultra-fine micro-filtration or ultra-filtration membrane, depending on the product chosen. Even for those who love backpacking, the Sure Aqua products are the perfect product for backpacking water filters to make sure you have clean drinking water at all times.

An accredited laboratory has tested and approved all the products in the Sure Aqua range. These water purifying products give ideal water treatment systems for removing harmful micro-organisms, including Cryptosporidium and Giardia, both major causes of gastrointestinal illness in travelers.

Sure Aqua are non-chemical water purification devices. Therefore they carry none of the risks potentially associated with the chemical-based products, and they are entirely safe to use long-term, as opposed to iodine-based products.
The manufacture of Sure Aqua products generates significantly fewer emissions than the manufacture of bottled water. In purchasing Sure Aqua products, the manufacturing consideration, along with the waste aspect of plastic bottles, is also reducing your carbon footprint.

For safe, hygienic water purifiers, with the price-cutting convenience of reusable filters, you can’t go past a Sure Aqua water purifying device.

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