Pureotech... Water to Grow

Much has been said in recent years about an impending shortage of energy, and of crisis likely to follow. Yet, this shortage hardly compares to anticipated shortages of water in much of the world.

ABC News Report on World Water Supply • BBC Report, Feb.2, 2009

It's about food. The water we need to grow things... rice, beans, potatoes, grain, fruit and corn-to make bread and to feed livestock, is where more than 75 percent of our fresh water goes.

Quite a number of individuals who spend their lives thinking about the future believe that great wars will be fought over water... not energy. You can talk about "green" energy, but green anything starts with water.

As you read this, it is likely that more than a billion people are hungry because they can't find enough water to grow food. In many comfortable and affluent parts of the world, the water to grow food is running out.

In California, for example, the cost of water has skyrocketed because many, many people are competing for water so that they can grow things.

Within the last generation, water has changed from something we take for granted, to something truly valuable. We have applied ourselves-our resources and energy-to the improved management of water. There are vast supplies of water which would be available to us-but are not-if we could change them. Many ground water sources are difficult to use due to excessive salt content. We take the salt out, inexpensively and effectively.

The same is true of vast amounts of water used to carry away human and agricultural waste. We have figured out how to recycle water-together with fertilizing nutrients-back on to delicate plants without damaging them. We have already helped many farmers who were being forced to pay over $800 per acre foot replace that water with far better water, at less than half the cost. The water and fertilizer savings usually pay for the system in less than 3 years.

All of this makes a lot of sense to farmers who approach their work scientifically. Our clients include two of the largest greenhouse producers in North America. They grow in highly controlled environments sometimes referred to as hydroponics. WATCH VIDEO

Pure-O-Tech serves grove producers for crops like avocados, which have a very low tolerance for the salt found in California aquifers. Some of our clients produce such good water, that they can sell back the excess at high market rates.

Enough thought has gone into our systems that we have modularized the design and developed information systems with internet access, allowing us to monitor performance. This has greatly reduced the cost of design and maintenance.

Here are two examples of the essential machinery of a water system we design. One of these (top left) de-salts and decontaminates water at 10 gallons per minute. The other (middle left) does the same at 100 gallons per minute.

There are numerous adjustments to these systems depending on the unique characteristics of your water supply, and of the plants or livestock which will be using the water. Pure-O-Tech has agricultural and water engineers on the design of every one.

Here is an output example (bottom left) from our information system which monitors performance. This relates and records the data needed to guarantee the effective performance of the system.

No other water treatment company knows how to do this.

The Near Future

Water Management

Examples of Our System Designs