Since: 1984

Headquarters: Pennington, New Jersey, United States

Profile:

WorldWater's mission is to be the leading provider of solar powered water supply and electricity for emerging nations throughout the world. In 1997, it made its first production shipment of its proprietary products to the Philippines. In developing countries and remote regions, this company fills a major infrastructural void by acting as contractor, implementer, key equipment supplier and water/power manager for rural communities, delivering clean water from deep wells and rivers for drinking and irrigation with its proprietary solar pumps and solar electrical systems. The company is a full service water management and solar engineering company that specializes in providing proprietary solar pumps and solar electric systems to supply clean water and electricity in developing countries. It develops unconventional solar power products that apply photovoltaic technology to practical applications. For example, the company develops and installs solar pump water systems in remote locations, primarily Asian, Latin American and African markets. It often establishes subsidiaries in these countries to better serve their markets and even provides project financing to governments and private sector entities in emerging nations.

It has developed a controller box for its pumping systems that allows off-the-shelf use of AC pumps. Previously, systems would collect energy through photovoltaic panels to store them in batteries and convert to alternating current for use by the pump. Its solar pumps can retrieve water from wells at a depth of 1,000 feet and deliver from 5 to over 2200 gallons of water per minute. They are often used to take water from canals, streams and rivers for agricultural irrigation systems.

WorldWater has also developed a smart card system much like a telephone charge card for rationing water in rural less developed areas. Its self-contained pumping and "smart card" systems, removed and isolated from the conventional grid power source, can still operate pumping, storing, dispensing, recording and auditing/bookkeeping functions on solar power. Local populations pay for water with custom WorldWater debit cards. The smart card system is a solution to providing sustainable water supplies in less developed regions.

In partnership with Rutgers University, WorldWater has also developed a solar drip irrigation system.