CHARLESTON (AP) -- A South Carolina nonprofit group which works to bring clean water to people around the world is sending ten water purification systems to earthquake victims in Haiti.
Water Missions International says each system can treat 10,000 gallons of water a day, enough to provide for 5,000 people daily in a disaster.
The agency plans to transport the units to Haiti within the next two days.
The portable purification systems have 275-gallon tanks in steel cages that can be put on pickup trucks and taken to remote areas. The units include generators that operate pumps to purify water from ponds or streams.
Water Missions International, founded in 2001, estimates it has provided safe drinking water to more than 1.6 million people in 40 countries.
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