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Rotary International District 5300 is running a crowd-funding campaign (similar to what our own Rialto Theater did using Kickstarter) to provide a small fleet of Emergency Water Filtration Vehicles for Flint, MI during their water crisis. Below is an exerpt from their GoFundMe campaign page:
Rotary International District 5300 recognizes the water crises currently taking place all over the world, especially the desperate need for clean water in the United States in Flint Michigan. We hope you will please lend your financial support and join us as we work to bring clean water to Flint MI and other areas most in need.
The Alpine Falls Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV) is a unique mobile filtration system which can arrive onsite, and is able to convert local toxic water from sources such as lakes or fire hydrants, into naturally stable 10+pH high-alkaline water for drinking and cleansing. Each ERV unit can provide up to 30,000 gallons each day.
Cost and environmental impact are major concerns. One ERV unit would replace up to 208 trucks fully loaded with bottled water each month. The price savings and environmental impact is astronomical considering not only the water cost, but the additional costs and impact associated in trucking full bottles in and then empty bottles out of the area.
The need for Flint is immediate. We appreciate your support as we raise funds for five (5) ERVs at cost of $460,000/ea.* We are coordinating this campaign to ultimately raise $2,300,000 total, for fleet of 5 ERVs dedicated initially to Flint MI. Once the crisis in Flint is under control, the ERVs will then be deployed to other domestic locations in desperate need of clean water.
More information can be found at the GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/ervfund or the ERV Project Page: http://www.alpinefallsmarketing.com/ervproject
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