HYDRATION MATTERS!
Which is more important, food or water? Everyone knows that going without food might be uncomfortable, but that going without water will be deadly. “Without water, humans can survive only for days. Water comprises from 75% body weight in infants to 55% in elderly and is essential for cellular homeostasis and life” (NCBI). “Eight glasses a day” The importance of staying hydrated...Read More
Free Radicals in Drinking Water
In this series we have addressed Oxidation, particularly how it leads to oxidative stress in our bodies and Alkalinity, specifically the importance of water pH to global water quality. Now let’s take a closer look at Free Radicals. Simply put, “Free radicals are compounds that can cause harm if their levels become too high in your body. They’re linked to multiple illnesses, including...Read More
The Importance of Water pH to Global Water Quality
According to the United Nations, “Declining water quality has become a global issue of concern as human populations grow, industrial and agricultural activities expand, and climate change threatens to cause major alterations to the hydrological cycle.” One type of low-quality water is water that is too acidic, measured by pH. The U.S. Geological Survey explains that the “pH of water is...Read More
How Oxidation Leads to Oxidative Stress in Our Bodies
What happens when you put a regular nail into water? Yes, it starts to rust. The longer you leave the nail in the water, the more it rusts. Ultimately, the nail can be totally destroyed by the water. The chemical process by which the rust happens is Oxidation. Very simply, this oxidation is the process whereby the oxygen atoms “steal” electrons from the iron atoms. Oxidation...Read More
All America On-Site Water & Power Production
Water purification and power generation equipment for on-site water & power production in water-starved communities and water shortage events around the U.S. OUR ON-SITE WATER & POWER PRODUCTION SOLUTIONS ANSA North America, our Government Partners, and our NGO Partners seek to maintain a pool of watermakers (SQN, AQN), powermakers (SPVT, SPF) and new technology HELP Responder...Read More
On-Site Power Generation is Critical for Providing Pure Water Production
Partner with ANSA North America to provide portable, on-site power-making equipment with advanced solar panels and/or diesel generation in unique new applications. To say we take the modern convenience and necessity of electricity for granted is an understatement. While 11% of the world population lives without electricity in their household, hundreds of thousands of folks...Read More
ON-SITE PURE WATER PURIFICATION
ANSA North America’s Water-making products create pure drinking water from any contaminated source water, purified and desalinated in seconds. We have billions of gallons of water on Earth, but it is so contaminated that we can drink very little of it without significant purification. Thankfully, our mission at ANSA North America is to make a difference to millions of people worldwide...Read More
Bottled Water Isn’t a Sustainable Solution to Global Water Needs
Pure Water Alternatives to Bottled Water Imagine a future free of the environmental impacts of bottled water, where people in every country have access to cascades of pure water. ANSA North America provides pure water alternatives to bottled water that provide economical on-site water purification and desalination to supplement bottled water distribution and reduce water bottle...Read More
People Need Pure Water to Climb The Pyramid
Assisting Developing Communities to Meet Physiological and Safety Needs Are you interested in self-actualization and personal growth? Do you read books and articles to educate yourself, take classes to advance your career or enjoy courses that feed your desire to become the most that you can be? If you answered yes to any of those questions, chances are you have been afforded the...Read MoreOn-Site Water & Power Production for World Disaster Relief
Bring disaster areas quick-response, portable on-site water purification capacity, desalination capabilities and diesel/solar electric power generation. In the event of a hurricane, earthquake or other disaster, what are among the first, most important needs? What two necessities must be restored immediately? That’s right, water and power. Partner with ANSA North America on the...Read More
The Case for Mobile Water Hubs
Most improved water points conceptually are Hub & Spoke systems. The Hub is where water is drawn and the Spokes are the users who come to the Hub for drinking, cooking and washing water. These systems work great…until the Hub quits providing drinking-quality water for any of hundreds of possible reasons; such as mechanicals, pollution, disaster, terrorism, human error, distribution...Read More
Desalination Solutions for Drinkable Oceans Promise Clean, Drinkable Water for the World
Providing access to cascades of clean, safe water made from salt water! With over 300,000 miles of world, non-ice sea and ocean coastlines, HydroVolt desalination solutions provide drinkable oceans. Human Right to Clean Water The human right to safe drinking water was first recognized as part of binding international law in 2010. (UN, 2010) UN Water states: “Access to water and...Read More
Bad Well Rescue: Solving Contaminated Well Water Problems
ANSA North America water systems are designed for contaminated well water rescue, instantly purifying water from boreholes and other polluted drinking water sources. Polluted and Poisoned Wells Are An “Invisible Crisis” Humanity continues to wake up to find that many of our most dangerous problems are nearly invisible to the eye, sometimes obscured intentionally, and too often left...Read More
Providing Pure Water to Hospitals In Need
ANSA North America provides on-site water purification for hospitals and medical facilities now operating with contaminated water. A doctor who can’t wash her hands between patients. A nurse without a sink. A hospital patient who cannot have a simple glass of water. These may sound like lines in a dystopian movie. They sound unbelievable. Unfortunately, they’re no laughing...Read More
ANSA North America Partners with NGOs to Solve the World’s Clean Water Problems
Community Water Purification & Power Production Is your organization or philanthropic foundation poised to contribute to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development? In collaboration, ANSA NA can help make the global vision a reality. UN Goal 6 includes a clean water target to achieve universal and equitable access to safe, affordable drinking water for all by 2030. Our...Read More
COVID-19 Pandemic Highlights the Global Need for Clean Water
As we assess the damage wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, and how we have dealt with it in various societies around the globe, one thing is clear: a key way to minimize the odds of getting sick is by washing your hands thoroughly and frequently. But more than 40% of the world’s population live in an area where water is scarce and more than 780 million people don’t have access to clean...Read More
Human Rights and Clean Water During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Human Rights and Clean Water are central to the mission of ANSA North America to bring pure water to the world’s most vulnerable people facing shortages of clean water across the globe. The following article, posted by the WaterAid WASH Matters program on May 1, 2020, reviews the 5 ways in which people must be at the center of water, sanitation and hygiene programs when dealing with...Read More
Polluted Drinking Water Supplies: Beyond Flint
Technology for today’s water challenges “My children’s lives have been changed forever because the government believed we have no right to clean water,” said Nakiya Wakes of Flint, Michigan. “We drank what we had, which turned out to be deadly and damaging to so many people.” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) When governments here and abroad fail to provide their citizens with access to clean...Read More
UN sounds alarm for urgent increase in strong drinking-water and sanitation systems
Why Wait for Clean Water? Brand new information regarding the demand for safe water: August 28, 2019 During World Water Week, the United Nations “sounded the alarm for an urgent increase in investment in strong drinking-water and sanitation systems.” A new report published by the World Health Organization warns “weak government systems and a lack of human resources and...Read More