Severn Trent Services has donated 11 portable electrolytic water disinfection systems to humanitarian agencies working in Haiti to help provide safe drinking water. The units, which convert saltwater and energy into liquid sodium hypochlorite,  a chlorine equivalent, can disinfect up to 13 million gallons of drinking water per day. The donation is part of a grassroots campaign to enable ordinary citizens to treat their drinking water at the point of consumption.

The systems, all using the company's proprietary electrolytic technology, are designed for isolated locations that require water purification, waste treatment or surface disinfection. “Our portable disinfection units are so easy to use that ordinary citizens without any technical skill can disinfect their water using just salt, water and energy,” said Ali Giti, national sales director.

Ten Sanilec systems and one ClorTec unit were donated to three agencies: Operation Blessing International, Deep Springs International, and St. Damien Hospital. Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, continues to struggle after the 2010 earthquake. Up to 4,000 Haitians have died of cholera alone in the past several months, and one out of three Haitians lack access to safe drinking water.