Pure H2O Bio-Technologies Announces Its Water Treatment Provides Unique Approach To Current And Emerging Drinking Water Problems

Boca Raton, FL - Pure H2O Bio-Technologies, Inc. (Pink Sheets:PRHB) has developed a unique approach to drinking water treatment, which addresses metal, pesticide, toxic chemical and pathogenic microbe water contamination. Using a team of experts on pathogenic microorganisms, toxic chemicals, and water purification engineering, the system is in the last stages of development. It uses a disinfectant that kills those microorganisms that can breach state-of-the-art municipal water treatment and then removes heavy metals, pesticides, other contaminating substances, and the disinfectant (SilverTTO) to yield pure water that is safe enough for even the most sensitive individuals. This treatment is designed to protect even those individuals with weak immune systems, those requiring metal-free water for kidney dialysis, and especially unable to fight infections from threat organisms such as Cryptosporidium or E. coli.

All of this development has been made possible because of the experience and expertise of the company's management team, supported by a top-flight testing laboratory whose expertise includes in-depth experience with pathogenic microorganisms that are emerging threats to safe drinking water.

The team director, Dr. Cecil Felkner is a microbiologist, biochemist and toxicologist with considerable knowledge and hands-on experience with water treatment and monitoring solutions to problems in addition to development of patents (approved and pending) relevant to the drinking water industry. He served as principal writer/editor for the US EPA Office of Water Report to Congress for Drinking Water Treatment Technologies and was Project Manager/Lead writer for EPA office of Science & Technology/Health and Ecological Criteria Division for Water and Wastewater. The latter project included producing documents for upgrading and developing Criteria Documents on Cryptosporidium and newly emerging waterborne viruses. For the American Waterworks Association Research Foundation (AWWARF) he was co-principal investigator on a project, "Evaluation of a Real-time Online Monitoring Method for Cryptosporidium", AWWARF, Denver, CO, 2004. This online/rapid water monitoring system for microbes utilized basic and applied research that he and a physicist had co-developed. He also was Advisor/Consultant to the Water environment Research Foundation (WERF, 2006) Exploratory Team involving those risks attributed to waterborne pathogens and toxicants.

The laboratory of Clancy Environmental Consultants (CEC) performed the testing for disinfectant efficacy on organisms including Cryptosporidium (oocysts), Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis and, Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The choice of this laboratory was because it has provided significant support to the US Environmental Protection Agency, AWWA and various other federal and private entities in the drinking water industry. The president of CEC was co-author of a major review article for AWWA entitled "The Evolution of Microbiology in the Drinking Water Industry", P. Rochelle and J. Clancy, J.AWWA, March, 2006.

Professional Engineers, led by Dennis P. Boudreaux, P.E. and COO and Joseph P. Doxey, CEO, developed the unique water purification units that purify water at the point-of-entry (POE) and point-of-use (POU) to remove the disinfectant, chlorine, lead, organic chemicals, biomass, chloramines, unpleasant tastes, and odors. In conjunction with granulated activated carbon filtration, the final product, i.e., pure and healthy water is released for the consumer. Potential uses include, but are not limited to water treatment for the home (under the counter), medical/hospital water, well water, multiple residential complexes, and some industrial processes requiring ultra-pure water.

Although there are other water purification systems available, which employ filtration and can remove organics, metals, etc., this system both kills the waterborne pathogens and removes virtually all water contaminants so that the only thing the consumer gets is pure and healthy water.

CEO and President of PRHB, Joseph P. Doxey reported, "We are excited about the drinking water system that we have been able to develop because it has the potential to provide an additional layer of health protection to many individuals who could otherwise be at high risk to disease and even death."

SOURCE: Pure H2O Technologies