GE Water Filters, Making A World Of Difference
Born from the mind of the great inventor Thomas Edison General Electric merged with Thomson Huston Company in 1892. The company has taken off since then as a leader of industry to become in 2009 the world’s largest company.
Dating back to its start in the light business, GE has really broadened its scope. Currently, General Electric includes a multitude of companies in the fields of aviation, air transport, jets, electrical power, media, financial sector, gas and wind turbines, automation, lighting, medical imaging machinery, software, engines, and rail.
Impact On Environment
Given the multi-national presence of a corporation the size of GE, one would naturally assume that it would have had, over the years, in one or another of its divisions, a negative impact on the environment. Like many other large businesses, GE has in the past been responsible for extensive environmental damage, but it is unique in that it has resolved to become a champion of the environment rather than its enemy. Since 2004, through a variety of pro-conservation initiatives GE has dedicated itself to preserving and protecting the environment. These initiatives are working: GE has not only met but exceeded its own goal for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 1.01 million metric tons; and it has decreased its overall energy use by 4.42 million MMBtus.
Shortage Of Water-An Ongoing Crisis
Realizing the huge effect that water shortages have on countries around the world, GE has applied the entirety of its resources, technology and experience. To combat the problem of water scarcity, eco-imagination strives to stop the waste and misuse of water resources globally while increasing water recycling and access to safe water supplies.
In a case study, GE is at the forefront of a profound transformation converting one of the plants more abundant yet unusable resources to an essential substance of life. Using a reverse osmosis process that is more energy efficient and cost effective than alternative methods the largest desalination plant in Africa has been built. On February 2008 the Hamma plant in Algeria’s capital was opened and is currently supplying clean drinking water to over 1.5 million people. Using this new initiative to kick start its environmental campaign, GE water filter is quenching the worlds thirst for clean water one country at a time.
GE Water Filter & Process Technologies is a company who bases its principles on positive change. In the water industry GE is revolutionizing the world over with its new water initiatives in third world countries and even in the United States as well. In Arizona itself GE has improved water productivity in the city of Tempe. Thanks to GE’ s resources and experience this city has a boost of an additional 2.5 billion gallons of water per year. Whether in third world countries or in our backyard you can be assured GE is changing the world for the better even if you dont see it happening on your local news.
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