{"id":517,"date":"2014-12-31T07:29:11","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T07:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ozone-services.com\/?p=517"},"modified":"2014-12-31T07:29:11","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T07:29:11","slug":"ozone-treats-water-third-world-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oxidationtech.com\/blog\/ozone-treats-water-third-world-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Ozone treats water in third world countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"blox-asset-title\"><span class=\"blox-headline entry-title\">Church volunteers install water systems in other countries<\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"blox-story-media\" class=\"p402_hide  managed-service\">\n<div class=\"story-media-item  managed-service\">\n<div id=\"blox-story-photo-container\" class=\"managed-service\">\n<div id=\"instantGallery\" class=\"instant-gallery-app\">\n<div class=\"instant-gallery uid_158874643007858\">\n<div class=\"frame\"><a title=\"Church volunteers install water systems in other countries\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bgdailynews.com\/news\/church-volunteers-install-water-systems-in-other-countries\/article_969f45ad-7694-54af-8cb3-155e67ca54ad.html?mode=image&amp;photo=1\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"horizontal\" src=\"http:\/\/bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com\/bgdailynews.com\/content\/tncms\/assets\/v3\/editorial\/d\/90\/d90eba24-6d69-5830-ae3a-910902056808\/549e4078ba06c.image.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"Church volunteers install water systems in other countries\" width=\"300\" \/> <\/a>Volunteers from the Presbyterian Church of Bowling Green check out a water pump in Central America while on a mission trip with Living Waters for the World, which installs water purification systems in rural villages with contaminated water sources. (Submitted photo)<\/p>\n<div class=\"download\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"preview-slide-navigator\"><a class=\"horizontal preview\"><span class=\"crowd-control\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"horizontal\" src=\"http:\/\/bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com\/bgdailynews.com\/content\/tncms\/assets\/v3\/editorial\/b\/4c\/b4cef2f8-0438-5175-b071-8f0829374144\/549e4078d6a22.image.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-media-item  managed-service\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"advertisement\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"story-media-item  managed-service\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"story-media-item  managed-service\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"story-times dtstamp\">\n<p class=\"story-times dtstamp\">\n<p class=\"story-times dtstamp\">\n<p class=\"story-times dtstamp\">\n<p class=\"story-times dtstamp\">Posted: <span class=\"updated\" title=\"2014-12-27T08:15:00-06:00\">Saturday, December 27, 2014 8:15 am<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"byline\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><span class=\"fn\">By LAUREL WILSON The Daily News<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"blox-story-text\" class=\"entry-content\">\n<div id=\"paging_container\" class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p>Kelly Goad of Bowling Green traveled to third-world countries during his military service, but he never experienced anything like his recent mission trips installing clean water systems in rural Central America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been in villages where one in four babies die because of the water,\u201d Goad said. \u201cWhen you know you can do something to keep those children healthy enough and get out of poverty &#8230; it\u2019s a thing that God calls us to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the past four years, Goad has volunteered on at least half a dozen trips with Living Waters for the World, a mission program that installs simple water purification systems in villages with contaminated water sources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is an eye-opening experience that everybody should experience,\u201d Goad said.<\/p>\n<p>The program is run by the Synod of Living Waters,\u00a0the regional governing body of Presbyterian churches in a four-state area, including Kentucky. The synod was named for the abundant water resources in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The Presbyterian Church in Bowling Green, of which Goad is a member, has helped with the installation of more than a dozen water purification systems through Living Waters for the World.<\/p>\n<p>Goad and several other volunteers from the church recently got back from the village of Armenia in western Belize, where they surveyed a potential new site for a water system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe test the water to see what they\u2019re drinking and we always find that it\u2019s just not acceptable at all,\u201d Goad said. \u201cContaminated water is the No. 1 killer of children around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The villagers usually don\u2019t know their water source is polluted, so residents get sick without realizing the cause, said Tom Moody, who coordinates the Living Waters projects at the Presbyterian Church in Bowling Green.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole health of the community can be vastly improved with the water purification system,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Goad and the other volunteers will return to Belize in 2015 to install the purification system of pumps and filters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe filter with UV light or ozone,\u201d Goad said. Local residents \u201cthink of chlorine as bleach and they will not drink it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to installing the system, the volunteers train villagers to operate and maintain it so they\u2019ll have access to clean, affordable water for generations, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe teach them a business plan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Since the program started in the early 1990s, more than 600 purification units have been installed in 18 countries, according to John Gramling, a member of the Presbyterian Church in Bowling Green who served on the committee that started the Living Waters program more than 20 years ago using a $3,000 grant.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than focusing on larger cities in the developing world, as many organizations do, \u201cour concept was looking at small villages and having a direct interest in their own backyard,\u201d Gramling said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never dreamed that it would grow so big,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m still a little 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