(WHAS11) - After the devastation in Haiti, the greatest need there is clean drinking water. As the tragedy unfolds, one local organization is already on the ground with the goal of clean water.
Tubes and a pump, carefully packaged and ready to save lives in Haiti. It’s a mini water treatment plant that will filter and purify 55 gallons of water per minute.
Mark Hogg at Edge Outreach is on a global mission, to send the portal systems around the globe where clean water is the difference between life and death.
The next outpost is Haiti where the need for clean water is critical. Roads into Porte Prince are blocked and airlifting water is difficult.
It was during a similar disaster last year in Costa Rica that Hogg and his volunteers found they could make a difference.
University of Louisville Professor Robert Jacops studies public health. He says Haiti has little infrastructure and the next 5-10 days are critical because of water.
"You need an adequate supply of clean water to wash things so that you maintain a proper level of sanitation also there is no sewer system," said Jacops.
It's a temporary fix, but if water to clean can be found then one system from the Louisville warehouse could save 10,000 lives each day.
Three teams of six volunteers with nine water systems are preparing to leave Wednesday.
Edge Outreach is trying to raise about $80,000 to pay for the water filter systems.
You can find more information here: http://www.edgeoutreach.com/
