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WHEREAS recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,

WHEREAS disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,

Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,

WHEREAS it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations,

WHEREAS the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

WHEREAS Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in cooperation with United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for an observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,

WHEREAS a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge,

Now, therefore THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY proclaims THIS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.

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Jay Vihol
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Drinking Water - From Sea water and Brackish water by Renewable Energy to save our world

WATER - THE ELIXIR OF LIFE.

One of today’s main problem is providing sufficient drinking water for the world’s growing population. About three billion people have no direct access to clean potable water. Water is not only fundamental for human life, but is also essential for social development and prosperity. Global water shortage is already a source of great social tension and ecological problems.

THE BEST SOLUTION

THE DESALINATION SYSTEM BY RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY IS FREE ENVIRONMENTAL, PRODUCING THE DRINKING WATER TO SAVE OUR WORLD, SAVE OUR LIVES, SAVE OUR FUTURE, SAVE OUR NEXT GENERATION.

I would like to narrate the brief history of RO Desalination technology:

The origin and continuation of mankind is based on water. Water is one of the most abundant resources on earth, covering three-fourths of the planet’s surface. However, about 97% of the earth’s water is sea water and only 3% is fresh water

In the late 1940s, researchers began examining ways in which pure water could be extracted from Sea Water and Brackish water. They found it was possible by Reverse Osmosis in a practical process to produce drinking water. In Canary Islands, Spain, RO Desalination plants have been used for more than 40 years, The reverse osmosis desalination plant is intended to produce the drinking water and industrial water from seawater or brackish water economically. It can also be applied to the improvement of drinking water quality to remove the harmful substances such as trihalo methane, nitrogen, etc., of which contamination in water has become a problem in these days, and further, to the recovery of water from secondary treated water of sewage.

For the treatment of industrial wastewater, it is not only possible to concentrate and separate the dissolved component but also to re-use the recovered water for industrial water. When some valuables exist in the concentrated component, such component can be recovered by using the reverse osmosis desalination plant together with the refining system. Initially, this system of the plant consumes huge amounts of electricity. It has not been introduced to many countries due to the high costs of drinking water.

Many people know the supply of fresh water is becoming an issue of increasing importance in many areas in the world. In arid areas potable water is very scarce and the lives of people in these areas strongly depends on the amount of available water. Seawater desalination requires large amounts of energy, and if this energy is produced by fossil fuels, it will harm the environment. Therefore, renewable energy sources coupled to desalination offer an attractive solution.

My RO desalination plant powered by RENEWABE ENERGY ( Solar, Wind ) and especially Hydrogen Energy provides drinking water at lower costs, and you can install the plant in any remote area, where there is no electricity available.

Renewable energy systems produce energy from sources that are freely available in nature. Their main characteristic is that they are friendly to the environment, i.e. they do not produce harmful effluents. Renewable energy sources (RES) coupled to desalination offer a promising prospect for covering the fundamental needs of power and water especially in remote regions, where connection to the public electricity grid is neither cost effective nor feasible, and where the water scarcity is severe.

Thank you

Jay Vihol

Jimpex Bio-Technology
Las Palmas, GC. SPAIN
http://jimpexbio-technology.bloombiz.com/

UA Ambassador
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World Water Day is on 22 March: ‘Waters that cross borders and link us together’. The focus will be on transboundary waters: sharing water, sharing opportunities.

World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro.

The World Water Forum is the main water-related event in the world, aimed at putting water firmly on the international agenda. A stepping stone towards global collaboration on water problems, the Forum offers the water community and policy-and-decision-makers from all over the world the unique opportunity to come together to create links, debate and attempts to find solutions to achieve water security. It is organised every three year by the World Water Council, in collaboration with the host country.

The 5th World Water Forum will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 16 to 22 March 2009.

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