ECOsmarte’s proposed desalination ocean water harvesting system for Port Au Prince, Haiti. At 2 million gallons per day this development utilizes both solar and wind generated power with equipment certified by FL and CA for hurricane and earthquake environments. At 3 gallons per day per person, this project meets substantially all of the freshwater needs of Haiti. It represents the combined efforts of American technology companies led by Minnesota manufacturer ECOsmarte. It is expected to produce water in 2013 contingent on land acquisition in 2011.
Modeled after the Israeli Ashkelon site as the largest desalination project in the world, the road access will be supplemented by pipeline with easements granted by both purchase and hopefully condemnation. The cost to produce the water is projected to be $0.01 to $0.02 cents per gallon and surplus water, electricity and cash flows are anticipated to more than cover the operating cost.
