Mainor Vega Sanitaire

CHALLENGE :: On Toas Island in Venezuela, residents couldn’t depend on the corroded water pipeline from the mainland, and a desalinization system had failed in the first week. There seemed to be no way to bring fresh water to the frustrated islanders.

SOLUTION :: Engineers at our Sanitaire business created a highly engineered, desalinization system that could adjust to Lake Maracaibo’s fluctuating salinity levels. In 2003, the system was transported to the remote island, and Mainor Vega spent nearly a month working 15-hour days to oversee the installation. Today on Toas, hope is as high as the fresh water levels in the island’s storage tanks.