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We couldn’t be more proud of the WaterStep manufacturing team! This past weekend at Louisville Mini Maker Faire, they were named FirstBuild Heroes for the invention of the portable Bleach Maker. Congrats to the inventors – David Mekus, Joe Jacobi and Frank Diebold! 

[foogallery id=”7285″]Update from the field, by Chris KenningAt a remote crossroads high in Puerto Rico’s Cordillera Central mountains, crowds on Saturday lined up with buckets and bottles to get rare, purified water from a tank in the back of a pickup truck brought by a Louisville-based WaterStep team, who worked until after dark purifying tanks … Read more

Update from Puerto Rico, by Chris KenningThe WaterStep team in hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico on Thursday saw its first disaster water purifier system installed by a community near Vega Baja, bringing as much as 10,000 gallons of safe water a day to the neighborhood where municipal water isn’t safe or has shut down.“The water comes and … Read more

Nairy Maysonet sat by the edge of a Puerto Rican mountain highway washing laundry in a drainage ditch. Nearby, a school teacher joined a stream of residents who stopped to fill bottles, buckets and plastic storage bins from a rainwater runoff pipe. Weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, most still lack electricity and many … Read more

[foogallery id=”7257″] Update and photos from the field, by Chris Kenning. WaterStep is currently on the ground to help, arriving October 10 in the town of Vega Alta to provide water purification systems including M100 chlorine generators, 500-gallon bladder tanks, filters, pumps and bleachmakers and the training to operate them in 22 hard-hit and remote … Read more

Puerto Rico is in a state of crisis and WaterStep is responding by sending equipment to provide safe drinking water and disinfectant. In the wake of Hurricane Maria mass flooding and destruction have put thousands of people on the island at risk for disease and children are dying from dehydration. Puerto Rico officials have identified … Read more

[foogallery id=”7204″]WaterStep welcomed Princess Nisreen El-Hashemite to our international headquarters with open arms. Dr. Nisreen received the 2017 Muhammad Ali Humanitarian of the Year Award. She established the World Women’s Health and Development Forum at the United Nations, is the founder of the Women in Science International League, the founder of MUTE International Program and … Read more

[foogallery id=”7210″]Amazing feeling knowing a shipment of WaterStep’s safe water tools and other supplies is on the way to Venice, Florida to aid those affected by Hurricane Irma! We’re working with Phos Community Church who organized a community drop off event last night and Agape Flights who is transporting and distributing these supplies to the … Read more

WaterStep is so grateful for two recent grants in the amount of $25,000 each from the Louisville Water Foundation and the UPS Foundation. This $50,000 will help fund renovations at our headquarters that will allow us to expand and enhance our manufacturing and assembly capabilities. That means MORE equipment going out in the field, and … Read more

[foogallery id=”7147″] Have you dreamed of making history? You can make history by donating HERE to WaterStep on Sept 14 during WaterStep’s biggest day of online giving. $10 is the minimum gift and WaterStep is hoping to raise $50,000 dollars with at least 300 donors! WaterStep knows a special young lady who has dreamed of … Read more