MUMBAI, India, April 21, 2016 /CNW/ - Clearford Water
Systems Inc. ("Clearford" or the "Company"), (TSXV: CLI), is
pleased to announce that the Company has officially commissioned
its first Clearford One™ installation in India on April 21,
2016 in Jambudiyapura, a tribal village in Gujarat. The
Clearford One™ system in Jambudiyapura that services 53 homes
includes back yard toilet blocks with shower and kitchen washing
facilities for each home, making it the first open-defecation free
village in Gujarat.
"We are very excited to be commissioning of our first system in
India" said Clearford CEO
Kevin Loiselle "We believe that an
operational site at Jambudiyapura proving the performance of our
technology should lead to wide spread adoption of the Clearford
OneTM system in India"
he continued.
The toilet blocks have been built to incorporate
ClearDigestTM Smart Digesters and water supply tanks
within the structural design. The individual toilet blocks
discharge partially treated liquid effluent from the Smart
Digesters to the ClearConveyTM sealed pipe network that
will insure no leaking infiltration. The Jambudiyapura project will
employ a CAMUS-SBT structured wetland as the
ClearRecoverTM module. This will be delivered under the
memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed on February 10, 2015 with Vision Earth Care Pvt. Ltd
(VEC). VEC was created to commercialize the wetland technology
development by the Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai. The final
discharge will be disinfected using UV Pure's patented
Crossfire® technology before being released into an
approved drainage ditch on the neighbouring farmland, where
effluent quality will meet all Indian government regulations.
The project is funded by the Corporate Social Responsibly (CSR)
department of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services
Limited (IL&FS), one of India's largest infrastructure companies. It
is the Gujarat Road and Infrastructure Company Limited (GRICL), a
subsidiary of IL&FS, whose CSR budget is being deployed for
this project. It is anticipated by all parties that a successful
installation will result in a product that can be delivered to
thousands of villages throughout Gujarat and India. This representants an opportunity to
leverage the MOU Clearford signed with the Gujarat Water Supply and
Sewage Board (GWSSB) in January 2015
and should lead to significant follow-on installations with the
participation of both IL&FS and GWSSB.
About Clearford Water Systems Inc.
Clearford Water
Systems Inc. (TSX-V: CLI) is a provider of unified water management
and sanitation systems based on Clearford One™. Clearford One™ is a
proprietary system comprised of ClearDigest™ smart digester,
ClearConvey™ small bore sewer, and ClearRecover™ final treatment
facility. For more information on Clearford Water Systems, please
visit www.clearford.com.
About UV Pure Technologies Inc.
UV Pure Technologies,
a subsidiary of Clearford Water Systems, manufactures technically
advanced UV water purification systems. There are currently
over 14,000 UV Pure systems in residential, commercial, industrial,
public and municipal applications, with flow rates up to 1 million
gallons per day. An aerospace version of UV Pure's system is being
used by Boeing to purify water on its new 787 Dreamliner.
UV Pure's patented Crossfire Technology® is dramatically
advantaged compared to conventional UV systems. Lamps are mounted
in air surrounded by elliptical reflectors providing more effective
deactivation of pathogens, facilitating easy lamp changes and
visual quartz inspection. They are self-cleaning, smart – with
multiple sensors and on-board diagnostics guiding maintenance,
engineered to be fail-safe, virtually maintenance free, and are
plug-in ready for remote monitoring. For more information on UV
Pure Technologies, please visit www.uvpure.com
About Vision Earthcare Pvt. Ltd.
Vision Earth Care is
committed to work towards a green tommorrow by providing the most
effective eco-friendly solutions to water treatment across all
scales. The technology used is no more complicated than the one
used in your lawn, however the results are no lesser than the best
you can expect. We call it VisionE Soil Bio-Technology (SBT): an
evergreen everlasting biological purification engine.
http://www.visionearthcare.com
About Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services
Ltd.
IL&FS is one of India's leading infrastructure development and
finance companies. IL&FS was promoted by the Central Bank
of India (CBI), Housing
Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC) and Unit Trust of
India (UTI). Over the years,
IL&FS has broad-based its shareholding and inducted
Institutional shareholders including State Bank of India, Life Insurance Corporation of
India, ORIX Corporation -
Japan and Abu Dhabi Investment
Authority
IL&FS has a distinct mandate - catalysing the development of
infrastructure in the country. The organisation has focussed on the
commercialisation and development of infrastructure projects and
creation of value added financial services
From concept to execution, IL&FS houses the expertise to
provide the complete array of services necessary for successful
project completion: visioning, documentation, development, finance,
management, technology and execution.
http://www.ilfsindia.com
About Gujarat Road and Infrastructure Company
Ltd.
GRICL was incorporated in 1999, as Gujarat Toll Road
Investment Company Ltd., for investment into two toll-roadSPVs viz.
Vadodara-Halol Toll Road Ltd (VHTRL) and Ahmedabad-Mehsana Toll
Road Ltd (AMTRL) and was promoted by the Government of Gujarat
(GoG) and Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd.
(IL&FS). IL&SS owns 84% of GRICL.
About Gujarat Water Supply and Sewage Board
GWSSB is a
statutory body of the State of Gujarat established for development,
regulation and control of the water and sanitation sector in the
State. The Board's mandate is to prepare, execute, promote and
finance projects for supply of water and for sewage collection and
disposal for rural villages. https://gwssb.gujarat.gov.in
Forward Looking Statements
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certain statements that constitute forward-looking statements as
they relate to the Company and its management.
Forward-looking statements are not historical facts but represent
management's current expectation of future events, and can be
identified by words such as "believe", "expects", "will",
"intends", "plans", "projects", "anticipates", "estimates",
"continues" and similar expressions. Although management
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statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that they will
prove to be correct.
By their nature, forward-looking statements include assumptions
and are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual future results, conditions, actions or events to
differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements. If and when forward-looking statements are set
out in this news release, Clearford will also set out the material
risk factors or assumptions used to develop the forward-looking
statements. Except as expressly required by applicable securities
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forward looking statements. The future outcomes that relate to
forward-looking statements may be influenced by many factors,
including, but not limited to: industry cyclicality; the ability to
secure third party agreements; successful integration of
Clearford's system with third party technology; competition;
reduction in demand for products; collection from customers;
relationships with suppliers; product liability; intellectual
property; reliance on key personnel; environmental; interest rates;
uninsured and underinsured losses; operating hazards; risks of
future legal proceedings; income tax matters; credit facilities;
availability and terms of financing; distribution of securities;
restrictions on potential growth; effect of market interest rates
on price of securities; and potential dilution.
SOURCE Clearford Water Systems Inc.
