Water for the World NLA
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14-stage Advanced Water Treatment and Purification system. From purification perspective 2 proprietary innovation differentiators:
ElectroMicron technology environmental chamber. water molecules subjected to intense heat and pressure via controlled electrolysis causing molecules to separate, convert to gaseous state. Creates powerful chemical reactions and ionized free radicals aggressively killing micro-biologicals. Also causes heavy metals to precipitate out of solution: easily isolated, filtered and removed. Heavy metals rapidly breakdown from advanced oxidation process. Treats most contaminated water quickly, inexpensively. Disinfects/sanitizes large volumes with minimal power and heat emission.
UV-C Light Chamber: Irradiates water further killing micro-biologicals, 99.9999% effectiveness. Also, generates ozone that's infused into water for further advanced disinfection/sanitization.
Operation perspective, 2 key innovations:
Hydro-Max Software Controller: Fully automated operations. Software manages all operation, power management and water purification processes. Minimizes technical competency and human interaction requirements greatly reducing operational costs and issues.
Cloud-based Monitoring and Preventive Maintenance: System sensors transmit data via cloud 24/7. AI-based analytics evaluates data to automatically diagnose and signal issues and fixes to on-ground technicians. Assures and optimizes operational, maintenance and financial performance.
Innovative business model sustains/promotes WFTW: commercial venture supporting humanitarian mission. Systems placed in commercially viable areas, bottled water sold for prices substantially lower than market. Portion of revenue goes to Mission, providing free water to needy people forced to drink dirty water every day. Funds also purchase more systems becoming self-funding/self-sustaining, thus scaling project and escalating impact.
Our planet faces a dire humanitarian crisis: clean water is disappearing due to pollution and population growth. Thousands die everyday from drinking unsafe water; a child dies every 14 seconds according to the UN. So far, the crisis is mainly in developing nations but the problem will be felt everywhere. We must rely on innovative technology to survive. Access to adequate supplies of safe water is urgent. Traditional methods like chemical treatment and Reverse Osmosis are not keeping up with demands in the developing world. WFTW has a game changing water treatment technology developed by their partner Square1 Technologies and a dynamic business model to propel deployment. Utilizing SQ1's innovative and proprietary technology, WFTW is deploying a 14-stage advanced water treatment system that can take almost any contaminated water source and within minutes can cost effectively produce clean, safe drinking water. To clean water more effectively, water molecules are subjected to intense heat and pressure in a proprietary environmental chamber causing molecules to deconstruct. Instantaneously, hydrogen molecules turn to a gaseous state and heavy metals dissolved at the molecular level come out of solution and begin to rapidly oxidize and breakdown. This process frees up the heavy metals and make it easier to effectively separate them from the water through traditional filter methods. Also, when the molecules deconstruct, ionization and free radicals are created which begin attacking and killing any living organisms present in the water. Once we have filtered the water, we then irradiate water in a UVC light chamber, further disinfecting and sanitizing the water. We also produce ozone here and infuse it into the water for further purification. EPA lab-tested results demonstrate a biological kill ratio of 99.999999% and a 70 to 90% reduction of most heavy metals in one pass of the system. All with NO CHEMICALS!
From an operation perspective, the SQ1 system is totally software automated and requires very little human interaction. From a maintenance standpoint, only routine filter maintenance is needed. The result: our systems are much less expensive to build, maintain and operate than traditional chemical treatment or RO. This is a huge advantage in third world countries where capital can be scarce and technical resources even more so.
To promote sustainability and growth of the water treatment systems, WFTW has developed an innovative business model where the SQ1 systems are operated by incentivized local entrepreneurs as drinking water kiosks where clean drinking water is sold for much less than market prices. Purchases are digitally transacted at point of sale and portions of generated water sale revenues are earmarked for humanitarian purposes and deployment of additional systems. This growth model has potential to expand and sustain thousands of systems around the world and provide clean drinking water to millions of needy people.
- A new business model or process that relies on technology to be successful
- Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
- Imaging and Sensor Technology
- Internet of Things
Water sustains and promotes quality of life. Clean water rapidly disappearing from pollution and accelerating population growth, particularly Africa. Epic Humanitarian Crisis: 1.4 billion people have no access to clean water. A child dies every 14.5 seconds from drinking dirty water. Target demographic: Africans who daily must drink dirty water, risking deadly diseases. Have little to no economic resources, live in abject poverty/squaller and spend hours everyday accumulating dirty water to survive. 60-70% of African population in this category. WFTW technology and business model can directly improve these people lives by providing locally-produced, sustainable, clean water.
4200 NGO's are working hard and spending millions of dollars to solve the problem but the problem is getting worse not better. Reasons: current technologies are inadequate or too expensive to sustain. NGO's have sponsored 1000's of wells to provide clean water but provide no infrastructure to maintain and sustain so Africa is littered with abandoned wells that no longer produce clean water.
SQ1's technology is cost effective, easy to maintain and sustainable. And WFTW has developed an Innovative entrepreneurial business model that provides economic impact and sustains and propels the Mission. Bottled water marketed to Africans who buy expensive bottled water (US$9B industry in Africa) and sold 70-80% below market prices. Portion of revenues go to deploy more systems and more humanitarian aid.
Strong Government and religious community support in Kenya and other African nations will promote and assist Mission's success and create a solid foundation for the project to proliferate the African continent. The combination of innovative technology and self-sustaining business model will allow project to scale and flourish so millions of Africans will have safe, clean water.
In Africa, women are mainly responsible for daily acquisition of water. African women also tend to be more entrepreneurial than African men. The WFTW program is directed towards women and affords a life-changing opportunity to not only change their economic condition but to provide affordable clean water to their fellow citizens. Because of SQ1 innovative technologies, the water treatment systems are easy to setup, maintain and operate. The fully software automated operation makes it easy for any low tech person to operate. Maintenance is easy and requires no technical expertise. And the Cloud-based monitoring system/service supports the entrepreneur 24/7 to assure and optimize the systems operational, maintenance and financial performance. This allows the entrepreneur to focus on running and promoting their business.
The ability of the SQ1 systems to provide affordable, safe drinking water supported by a dynamic entrepreneurial business model has the potential of placing tens of thousands of systems in Africa. With success, hundreds of millions of people who currently have to drink dirty water, knowing that it likely carries diseases that sometimes kill will have access to clean drinking water. Eliminated water borne disease is obvious but it goes deeper than that. Quality of life with clean water will be improved drastically on many levels. Research show that cognitive abilities are adversely effected by consuming dirty water thus reducing education performance of African school children. Economies are effected when people miss work because of sickness from drinking dirty water. African officials will tell you these factors are negatively impacting their national economies.
Proliferation of the WFTW program and SQ1 technology provide the foundation to locally produce sustainable and affordable clean water supplies in large volumes and will dramatically improve and reverse all of these problems that daily and emphatically plague and holdback the African continent.
- Growth: an established product, service, or business model that is sustainable through proven effectiveness and is poised for further growth into additional communities.
- Growth: A registered 501(c)(3) organization with an established product, service, or business model rolled out in one or, ideally, several communities, which is poised for further growth and has a proven track record with an annual operating budget
1. Currently, 12 small businesses served reaching thousands of people
2. Project to serve 40 small businesses reaching tens of thousands of people in one year.
3. Project to serve 1000 small businesses reaching millions in five years.
High level government officials including several Presidents are aware of and support the WFTW mission. The East African Chamber of Commerce strongly supports WFTW. Timm Finfrock, CEO of SQ1 has been asked to keynote speak at a national (Kenya) conference on Kenya's critical clean water issue on August 15 2023. He will also be personally meeting with President William Ruto to discuss the issue. Dr. Thomas and Finfrock have been keynote speakers at several East Africa Chamber conferences. Dr. Thomas is a credentialed UN Goodwill Ambassador for clean water issues.
WFTW works strongly through church relationships that have been developed over 18 years of working on the African continent. This has led to not only strong relationships and contacts with religious leaders but also established strong relationships with many African officials and leaders.
We are working to recruit, train and work directly with our network of entrepreneur partners, working directly with them to support and elevate the success of each of their micro-businesses. Supporting their success ensures the success and propagation of the WFTW mission of providing millions with access to safe, clean drinking water.
Our goal is to have 10,000 water treatment and purification systems operation on the African continent by 2028.
We believe that a partnership with Truist and MIT can elevate awareness and credibility to the WFTW technology, business model and the critical issue we address.
- Human Capital (e.g. sourcing talent, board development, etc.)
- Financial (e.g. improving accounting practices, pitching to investors)
- Legal or Regulatory Matters
To reach our goals, we need more initial funding that we believe will "kickstart" the built-in, self-funding business model.

President/CoFounder, Square1 Technologies LLC