In developing countries safe drinking water is not available
for all. Naiade cleans and desinfects water using
sunlight. The Naiade easy-to-install water purification
unit kills all pathogens and makes drinking water safe
without the use of chemicals. In developing countries
poor water quality is the leading cause of health problems.
Eighty percent of all illness in developing countries
is caused by polluted water. It is estimated that two
million people die from these illnesses every year.
Serious illnesses transmitted via polluted drinking water
include:
- Cholera, an extremely infectious and deadly intestinal disease
- Typhoid fever, caused by the production of toxins by salmonella bacteria
- Hepatitis A, an infection of the liver resulting in jaundice
- Dysentery, an acute intestinal disease often resulting in death