ELE's Paqualab helps test damaged Turkish water supplies
A Paqualab portable water monitor donated by ELE International is helping UNICEF test the quality of Turkish water supplies, many of which were disturbed, destroyed or contaminated by the August earthquake. The Paqualab is being used to ensure that all the remaining supplies are safe to drink, in order to stem the spread of water borne diseases, such as typhoid, and to safeguard the long term health of the Turkish people.
UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) is the world's biggest childrens organisation, and works with national governments and local organisations in over 160 countries. The agency is taking a leading role in assessing the quality of water supplies in the earthquake region and the gift of the Paqualab will assist the analysis of water over an extended area.
Edward Carwadine, Emergency Coordinator of UNICEF UK, comments, "We already had
several Paqualabs, so we knew how to operate the system effectively, and we really needed
a further unit in Turkey as quickly as possible. ELE was able to get the instrument
straight to us through its Turkish distributor, MATE International Trade Company, and it
is already being put to good use testing a wide range of water supplies, helping us make
an effective contribution to the relief programme."
September 1999