Making clean water out of GE ingenuity

Teaming up with WaterStep, a Louisville, Ky.-based organization that provides solutions to the root causes of waterborne illness through training and readily available technology, and Louisville Water Company, GE employees and retirees have been volunteering their time to design a water purification system that is more affordable, more compact and easier to install in developing countries, while being manufactured with components and tools typically available at any hardware store. About a year ago, working in the basement of the WaterStep offices, the team received a call from a charity that needed 50 chlorinators to help flooding victims in Pakistan, and they