Bahamas

Bahamas is an independent, English-speaking country of nearly a third-of-a-million people consisting of two thousand cays and seven hundred islands that form an archipielago.

 

It is located in the Atlantic Ocean; southeast of the United States; northeast to east of Cuba and the island of Hipaniola (Dominican Republic& Haiti) and north to east of the Caribbean Sea; and west to northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Its major environmental issues include coral reef decay and solid waste disposal. It is susceptible to hurricanes and other tropical storms which cause extensive flood and wind damage.

 

Natural Resources: salt, aragonite, timber, arable land

Climate: Tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream

 

There are 425,870 hectares (ha) of saline wetlands that contain mangroves at numerous sites throughout the Bahamas. and other Caribbean shorelines. At least two and probably half of the 12 protected areas of the Bahamas contain mangroves.

 

The World Bank reports that at least 80 countries have water shortages and 2 billion people lack access to clean water. More disturbingly, the World Health Organization has reported that 1 billion people lack enough water to simply meet their basic needs, unfortunately in many countries water is scarce or contaminated.

Pure Aqua provides wide range of filtration and economical solutions based on The Bahamas’ water resources.

The Bahamas’ main water resources are:

• Surface water is water from river, lake or fresh water wetland, which can be treated using different methods, such as Ultrafiltration Systems, Brackish Water RO.
• Desalination can be used for water from ocean, or sea source, which can be treated using Seawater Reverse Osmosis Systems; Desalination Systems.
• Ground Water or brackish water is from water located in the pore space of soil and rock “Borehole well”, which can be treated using Reverse Osmosis Systems, Chemical Dosing, UV Water Sterilizers.
• Government water supply, which could have high level of hardness or high level of chlorine, can be treated with Water Softener Systems, Media Water Filters.

Pure Aqua manufactures water treatment systems that meet the World Health Organization requirements.