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CHC gets $65K grant for reverse osmosis project
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Posted on Dec 01 2004
The U. S. Department of the Interior has awarded a $65,000 grant to the Commonwealth Health Center for the purpose of testing a reverse osmosis system that could potentially provide potable water to the hospital. The grant was requested in October and awarded in November, through the efforts of Washington Rep. Pete A. Tenorio and the Office of the Governor.
A firm from Taiwan that specializes in water purification, Kintech Technology Company Ltd., has offered to provide the equipment and conduct the testing for free, provided that the Commonwealth construct a concrete platform for the equipment and a shelter to protect it from the elements. The Commonwealth’s estimated cost for the construction is $65,000, and that was the amount awarded in the grant.
Kintech has agreed to conduct the pilot project at its own expense. They will provide an integrated membrane system designed to purify groundwater, have the water tested independently for drinkability, and provide the government with a cost analysis for using this type of purifying system over other methods of water purification such as desalinization.
The entire testing period will take about six months after the construction is completed. If the test proves successful, the reverse osmosis equipment will be capable of providing the hospital with about 50,000 gallons of fresh water every day.
