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The Rutland Herald of Rutland, VT. is covering the disaster recovery of Vermont following the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene.

You can read Rutland Herald’s article about how Scott Tommola’s 802 Relief is distributing SteriPEN Emergency portable water purifiers to citizens in need throughout Southern Vermont.  You can also learn more and/or donate to Scott’s disaster recovery efforts at 802relief.com.

802Relief’s Mission for Hurricane Irene: To acquire and distribute water filters and purifiers to Vermonters with interrupted water supplies.

“In any natural disaster the first requirement for recovery to take place is clean water. I was almost certain there was a need for them with roads washing out and towns not being accessible. Many people no longer had clean water sources from Tropical Storm Irene,”  - Scott Tommola in the Rutland Herald article.

We greatly commend Scott’s efforts and wish him and the citizens of Vermont the best with disaster recovery efforts.

Hydro-Photon, the makers of SteriPEN water purifiers, are developing a blog to share ideas, Internet resources and related information about disaster recovery and disaster preparedness. We would love your ideas, thoughts and feedback.