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Necessity is the Mother of Invention: The Story Behind Altitude Water’s Disaster Relief Innovations

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Necessity is the Mother of Invention: The Story Behind Altitude Water’s Disaster Relief Innovations

 

At Altitude Water, we pride ourselves on constantly evolving to meet the challenges we face in disaster relief and beyond. This is the story of how necessity and hands-on experience inspired the design of our current Disaster Relief Trailer and two innovative new products.

 

Centralizing Our Progress

 

In 2025, one of our primary goals is to consolidate our media into a single, accessible location. While working on this project, I rediscovered videos that capture Altitude Water’s journey. These clips vividly showcase how we operate, why we lead in the air-to-water industry, and how we’ve expanded into water purification. They also illustrate the lessons we’ve learned from being on the ground during disasters.

 

Listening and Learning on the Ground

 

You’ve heard the saying, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” Nowhere is this more evident than in our disaster relief work. Over the years, we’ve learned that the best way to understand the needs of disaster-affected communities is by actively listening to residents and first responders.

 

During our time in Maui helping with wildfire recovery, the Altitude team not only built a Disaster Relief Trailer for Noah’s Arc but also:

  1. Attended FEMA meetings to hear community concerns.
  2. Built solar arrays to support the local power grid.
  3. Installed reverse osmosis systems to deliver clean water.
  4. Distributed Brita water filters to those in need.
  5. Participated in disaster response workshops.

 

While it’s easy to focus on immediate relief, each disaster offers a unique opportunity to learn and improve. Whether it’s attending late-night community meetings or troubleshooting on the fly, we see every challenge as a chance to refine our approach. We know the team would rather get some sleep after a long day working on relief but we also knew we could learn a lot listening to different perspectives.

 

Adapting Through Experience

 

Each disaster presents its own complexities, and every interaction adds to our understanding. For instance, during the Hurricane Helene response and subsequent deployments in both Florida and North Carolina, we realized two critical factors:

  1. Communication is essential. Reliable internet connectivity can make or break relief efforts.
  2. Communities need more than just pure drinking water. Large quantities of water for cleaning, cooking, and hygiene are equally critical.

 

Innovating Through Collaboration

In January 2024, during our third trip to assist with the Maui wildfires, we attended a solar conference in Waikiki hosted by our partner, Footprint Project. This workshop was transformative. It brought together first responders, residents, and nonprofits to evaluate disaster response strategies, prompting us to reimagine our Disaster Relief Trailers.

 

This post highlights Altitude Water’s commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, and community impact. Together, we can meet the challenges of tomorrow. Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to grow and evolve.

 

The feedback and insights gathered during the workshop, combined with our hands-on experience, led to two significant upgrades for our trailers:

1.Enhanced Communication Capabilities: We added Starlink satellite connectivity to provide reliable internet access, simplifying communication without incurring unnecessary costs.

2.Advanced Water Purification Systems: Recognizing the need for water beyond drinking, we developed a new ozone purification system. This addition allows our trailers to purify external water sources for uses like showering, cleaning, and cooking.

 

These upgrades debuted in our South Florida Disaster Relief Trailer in April 2024 and have since set a new standard for our disaster response.

 

Expanding Our Vision

 

The lessons learned and innovations developed during these deployments have propelled us beyond being solely an air-to-water company. Today, Altitude Water is a diversified water solutions provider, meeting the varied needs of communities in crisis.

As we reflect on the journey that led to these advancements, it’s clear that looking back has been essential to moving forward. Each disaster, every meeting, and all the stories shared have shaped who we are—and who we strive to become.

 

A Future of Innovation

 

Our commitment to innovation doesn’t stop here. The two new products inspired by these efforts are nearly ready for market. They represent our dedication to evolving alongside the challenges we face and ensuring we’re always ready to serve communities in need.

At Altitude Water, necessity isn’t just the mother of invention—it’s the foundation of our mission to provide clean, safe water wherever it’s needed most.

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Water Programs for Africa

Maka Project

We have made great strides in getting the foundation built.

  1. The first T200 has been built and tested and is currently packaged to ship. This will be integrated with the solar and tested in March/April.
  2. The solar bid was published and awarded to African Solar. We are happy as we worked with African Solar in previous trips to Cameroon.
  3. The Hub is almost completed. We love the fact that Jean Felicien Gacha was the project manager and incorporated the help of the village to build.  It just proves our statement that it takes a Village to effectuate change and #teamworkmakesthedreamwork.  We would like to thank construction extraordinaire Hillaire for the great job he is doing on the Hub
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What a Difference a Year Makes

Water Hub for Maui, Hawaii.

This time last year there was a cloud of fear of the unknown hovering Altitude Water.

What was going to happen to us when our parent company Altitude International Holdings was in financial difficulty.

They had attempted to purchase the Club Med Property in Port St. Lucie and were notified they were in default of a loan on which Altitude Water was collateral. Not only were we not being funded properly, but now we didn’t know who would own the company.

While stressful for management, it also took its toll on employees. In a manufacturing facility, it is soon obvious when funding stops. Buying parts and production halts. While we had enough parts to start building the T12s, we lacked cases. Reading the SEC filings of the public company, we know there was trouble.

Then everything changed. And now that’s all behind us as we start 2024 with self-confidence, exhilaration and a renewed spirit of growth. We also start with two of our longest-serving employees now becoming owners. So, we would first like to thank Alvaro DaSilva and Jaymie Ditzler for all their hard work in building the BEST AWG on the market. And we congratulate them on becoming what they’ve earned the right to become—owners!

As 2024 starts we have excitement and anticipation that all our hard work will yield huge benefits for our team and investors. We have numerous projects in various stages, but most of the testing is complete. We have completed upgrades, have machines making more water than ever before, joined forces with new Nonprofits, and added new products to our arsenal. Here is a quick recap of the areas on which we will focus our efforts and the projects they entail.

  1. Hawaii- We developed for Noah’s Arc a Disaster Relief Trailer that is in operation in Maui which is providing water to those displaced by the wildfires. It is currently located at a homeless center in Kuhului providing water for the staff and residents in addition to having tanks filled and driven to Lahaina.
    1. Returning to Maui at the end of January 2023 to work on a solar/water trailer currently being built there.
    2. Attending a FootprintProject.Org event on Oahu
    3. Meeting with other Non-profits who need water in their project. The State of Hawaii is not granting new water use permits so new construction will be looking at AWGs as a solution.
  2. Maka Project Cameroon- This project is moving along nicely, and we are scheduled to ship the first unit Feb 1.
    1. The Groundbreaking ceremony was completed, and the Water Hub is being built by Jean-Felicien Gacha Foundation who is also using this project to train villagers on construction skills.
    2. The solar bid was put out for the project, and we were pleased that African Solar won the bid as we having been working with them since our first visit to Cameroon in April 2022.
  1. New Products going on website- Altitude Water will be releasing three new products on the website starting in January:
    1. The first will be a solar generator and panels to run the T-12 off grid. We will be bundling these with our units for bigger discounts.
    1. The PsS10565A purification box was designed and built by purification specialist Alvaro DaSilva. This product is now completed after successful testing and upgrades to the PLC Board for greater flexibility. Will be on the website soon.
    1. Disaster Relief Solar/Water trailer- The specs are being completed and built and should be ready for posting soon.
  1. Ecuador- Our distributor Nubios has completed the testing of the T-12 with the Universidad de Catolica Guayaquil and are completing the design for installing a Water Hub on one of the buildings. A demonstration video has been completed on the project.
    1. 1 T-100 will sit on the roof.
    2. 1 PsS10565A purification box will be on the roof.
    3. 3 T-12 Dispensers will be at the entrance to the building on the ground floor.
  2. Strategic working relationship with FootprintProject.org – (FPP) We have been blessed to continue working with this Nonprofit and developing a resilient and sustainable package for Disasters and water security.
    1. We picked up two trailers for FootprintProject.org to donate to the cause and to work on integrating our water machines. In dealing with Nonprofits it’s all hands on deck and we help where we can.
      1. We sent one of our workers in Louisianna to Willie Nelson’s Farm to pick up a solar trailer that was used at a festival.
      2. Picked up a solar trailer that was used after Hurricane Idilia in Florida outside Tampa
    1. Visited Audubon Gentilly Charter School where FPP is implementing its Beehive concept which we think is everything that you could ask for and will soon be adding water to this project.

There is so much more but time is a valuable commodity right now with everything going on. Many more updates will be coming soon as well as radio interviews, new customers, and the unveiling of the Solar/Water Trailer and a new way to handle disasters. We will be active in recruiting Water Warriors to our team. We will integrate them into some of our projects. Some will be volunteers, and others will be paying jobs. Stay tuned and we would like to thank you and God for helping us through 2023 and having the company now in the charge of its rightful owners.

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Disaster Relief Trailer for South Florida

Daytona Beach - Photo by Ravi Pinisetti

One down.  One to go.

When we took over Altitude Water in June one of our mission statements was to prove to the Disaster Community that our trailers fill a significant need in how Disaster Relief is handled.  We had previously built a disaster relief trailer and knew this piece of equipment would be an important aspect of our growth and the education on the abilities of our products.

It’s a difficult line.  We want everyone to be safe and have access to pure drinking water.  We don’t want disasters (Even though it is good for business-that’s a truth that’s tough to say but it is reality.  There is more interest in our products when a disaster hits.  We are reactionary by nature).  The fact is throughout history it is proven disasters will come.  Are we going to be prepared for it?

With the Maui trailer fully funded, it’s time to prepare on our home and educate our neighbors.

Altitude Water has compiled a very powerful, focused, and eclectic group of like-minded people to fund a Disaster Relief Trailer for South Florida.  Each partner brings a unique skill set and target market to get behind a single message. “We need to be prepared for the next disaster and bring access to pure water for our community. How do people not know this technology exists to secure their water source?”.

See effective charity is not just providing basic needs during a difficult time.  Effective charity meets a short-term need and fixes a long term problem.  Our team is embedded and active in our community bringing knowledge to numerous different visions.  But all have come together to agree that we need access to pure water during disasters and given the current world we live in.

Here is the team:

  1. Mind Army- This Nonprofit is dedicated to our ability to the pursuit of happiness and the founder Zappy Zappolin believes pure water is an integral part of that pursuit. Mind Army’s work has been featured recently in Forbes, and People Magazine, on Good Morning America, VICE, and TMZ.

Zappy has recruited numerous Companies and individuals to assist in this pursuit of providing a Disaster Relief Trailer for the people of South Florida so even in difficult situations they can have access to clean water

  1. SQZD Juice- This all-natural non-pasteurized juice bottler in Boynton Beach and now Delray is partnering with Altitude Water to bring bottling to Delray but also to set up programs to help fund the Disaster Relief Trailer. They have rallied their existing customers as well as new prospects of purchasing water with a portion of the proceeds going to support the trailer.
  2. Noah’s Arc They are committed to use their resources and experience from the Maui relief effort to help support the team in South Florida with logistics and contacts.
  3. ELVT Movement- This motivated team not only provides classes and retreats to strengthen the physical and spiritual aspects of our journey. They are committed to supporting the message through events and social media awareness.

They are numerous other business and like- minded-individuals looking to become Water Warriors and join this team dedicated to making a difference in our community and the world.  Won’t you join us?

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The Weather Channel Interview With Altitude Water’s Jeff Szur

Jeff Szur

In a November 2022 interview on The Weather Channel, Jeff Szur of Altitude Water explains how Trident Atmospheric Water Generators work, along with how those generators can benefit the public after natural disasters.

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Altitude Water Begins ‘Water to Africa’ Relief Efforts with Shipment to Cameroon

Alvaro, Jaymie and Joakim

Altitude International Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: “ALTD”) has announced the shipment of four Atmospheric Water Generators purchased by the Noah’s Arc Foundation to Cameroon. The shipment marks the beginning of ALTD’s efforts to put an end to one of the longest, deadliest crises the world has known.

It is estimated that 850,000 Africans die every year from diseases that are contracted directly from their drinking water, with babies under two being the most vulnerable. According to the Conversation in an article dated June 9, 2016, “In Africa, more than 315,000 children die every year from diarrheal diseases caused by unsafe water.” Despite these staggering numbers, no significant progress has been made towards ending this crisis or even in lessening its effects.

ALTD’s Water to Africa initiative has been developed to immediately bring relief to the areas of Africa that need it the most. ALTD hopes to quickly demonstrate the efficacy of its systems to Governments across Africa as well as to major world organizations, leading to the establishment of “Altitude Water Hubs” across the continent. Altitude Water machines are currently being utilized by all five branches of the US Military with new orders growing exponentially

Water to Africa is a collaboration between Altitude Water (a wholly owned subsidiary of ALTD), legendary sports figures Joakim and Yannick Noah and their Noah’s Arc Foundation, and Russkap Holdings, ALTD’s strategic partner for worldwide AWG distribution. This critical humanitarian project was created and is being led by Adrian Walton, ALTD’s Director of Community Outreach.

Joakim Noah stated, “My father and I are so thankful that we will have a chance to immediately impact his homeland of Cameroon while showing the world that this is a fight we can win. The fact that the US Department of Defense keeps increasing its orders for our machines says a ton about what our technology is capable of doing. I am now working hand-in-hand with NBA Africa and see great partnership possibilities emerging from the NBA’s mission in Africa and what ALTD is trying to accomplish.”

Ed Russo, CEO of Russkap Holdings said, “There is no better cause for the world to rally behind than what we are trying to accomplish in Africa. Our partners at ALTD continue to lead the way with their technological advancements that have made our machines so popular and effective, wherever they are deployed. I believe our proven ability to create safe drinking water while virtually eliminating logistical problems will be a game changer in all the areas that suffer from contaminated water supplies.”

ALTD CEO Greg Breunich concluded, “Our groundbreaking ozone air-to-water systems get pure water to where there is no water and can hopefully lead a worldwide movement toward putting an end to this nightmare once and for all. We realize our technologies could never solve this crisis alone, but by raising awareness, supplying our machines, and rallying worldwide support, we believe we can start saving lives immediately.”

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