Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation of ten million people on the island of Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region.

 

The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are occupied by two countries, Saint Martin being the other.

 

Both by area and population, the Dominican Republic is the second largest Caribbean island nation, after Cuba.

 

Total Renewable Water Resources: 21 cu km (2000)

Freshwater Withdrawal:   3.39 cu km/yr (32% domestic, 2% industrial, 66% agricultural)

Per Capita Freshwater Withdrawal: 381 cu m/yr (2000)

Access to improved sources of drinking water: 86% of population

Access to improved sanitation facilities: 83% of population

 

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 Dominican Republic’s water resources.

Dominican Republic’s 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 in Dominican Republic that meet the World Health Organization requirements.