liters of drinking water purified by Siemens membrane filters are available to flood victims in Pakistan every day.
People in developing countries like Pakistan are still dying from the effects of contaminated water. With the serious floods seen in recent years, the risks of waterborne diseases have increased.
In August 2010, Siemens called on its employees in Germany to donate to the relief efforts for the victims of the devastating floods in Pakistan, and set up a special account for this purpose. The company matched every euro that was donated by the employees and made €100,000 available for the use of mobile healthcare centers in the immediate aftermath of the flooding.
Fundraising campaigns were also held locally and in countries in the Middle East. In order to foster a long-term support strategy for the flood victims, Siemens Pakistan installed five water filtration plants in villages affected by the floods. Using a special process, the membrane filters remove disease agents, suspended particles and impurities from the water. The systems will continue to provide 10,000 liters of drinking water per filtration plant every day for the next decade and negligible maintenance costs.
Siemens is supporting five districts in Sindh, a province of Pakistan that was severely affected by the floods. Alongside the filtration plants, a hospital and a school were built, with both also serving as filling stations. Clean drinking water is now available to approximately 400,000 people. Every day, approximately 50,000 liters of water from these plants save lives by preventing waterborne diseases.
2011-Feb-28 | Author