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WQA
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US EPA* Microbiological Water Purifier Standard
* innowave® 240/270, 270H
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Location:
Oakland, CA
Previous Water Source: Bottled Water
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In 1999 the Port of Oakland
held their first Women's Business Conference. The new
conference was initiated by Cheryl Perry League, Director,
Office of Equal Opportunity. The conference is intended
to introduce women business owners to the Port staff
and provide information to women businesses on more
effective means of doing business with the Port. Lynne
Leahy, President/CEO of a startup Hayward company, AquaPrix,
Inc. attended the conference and built several new business
relationships with the associates of the Port of Oakland.
Soon after, Atu McKinney, Contract Compliance Officer
and Stella Jacobs, Building Services Manager, agreed
to meet with Lynne Leahy to discuss the advantages of
bottle-less drinking water systems. Stella and Atu listened
to Lynne's presentation regarding new technology for
safer drinking water, they liked what they heard and
immediately agreed to the installation of the new innowave
270™ units from AquaPrix, an authorized Dealer
for innowave® incorporated.
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Port of Oakland
Installation |
The
Port had been using bottled water for some time.
They had thought they were doing the best thing
for Port employees but they learned from Lynne that
bottled water is not too closely regulated and in
many cases, bottled water is not any higher quality
than ordinary tap water, according to a recent 5-year
study by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
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Stella and Atu were impressed
with next-generationsystems from innowave incorporated,
a subsidiary of Mutual of Omaha. Lynne told them that
the systems are documented and certified to NSF Standard
62 and meet the USEPA Microbiological Water Purifier
Standard (reduction of 99.9% of parasites, 99.99% of
viruses, and 99.9999% of bacteria). Lynne also explained
how the IDF™ 3-stage process of ion exchange, distillation,
and filtration is capable of reducing virtually all
biological, organic, inorganic, and radioactive contaminants.
"Implementing the innowave®
systems at the Port of Oakland has been a win-win situation
for us," said Stella. She looks forward to Port
employees experiencing positive health benefits in the
near future.
“The Women's Conference was
a great success for us," says Lynne, "but I'd hope that
even if we weren't a women-owned business, the Port
would want this new technology to benefit their employee's
health and safety."
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2550 Barrington Ct.
Hayward, CA 94545
1-510-723-0230 |
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