Corning Cable Systems Contributes to charity: water

charity: water, a non-profit organization that brings clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations has received a donation of $40,000 from Corning (News - Alert) Cable Systems LLC.

To implement clean water solutions and provide maintenance and hygiene training to communities, the charity partners with organizations. Safe drinking water is often just 100 feet to 300 feet underground and easily accessible with drilling equipment.  A water project can provide clean, safe drinking water for a community of 250 people on average, the company stated in a press release.

“On behalf of Corning, I commend charity: water for their impressive contributions to communities around the world. We're very proud to be a part of this great effort for the second year in a row,” Corning Cable Systems’ President and CEO Clark Kinlin said. “Knowing these water solutions will dramatically improve living conditions for so many people worldwide is a comfort during this holiday season, and a very special way of honoring our customers.”

Helping to produce up to 80 wells a year, enough to provide clean water to 40,000 people, Corning’s $40,000 contribution is going entirely to charity: water’s purchase of a drilling rig and equipment. The drilling rig will include a plaque recognizing Corning’s donation. Other solutions include well rehabilitations, spring protections, rainwater catchment systems and Biosand filters. Charity: water has funded 4,282 clean water projects in 19 countries, serving over 2 million people since its inception in September 2006.

Recently, the company announced that Corning has been selected as a primary supplier of optical fiber cable and hardware to NBN Co for the Australian government's National Broadband Network (News - Alert) (NBN) initiative to bring high-speed broadband services to residential single-family homes (SFU) and apartment buildings or multi-dwelling units (MDU). Additionally, Corning Cable said that it signed an over five years' contract with NBN Co for the supply of optical cable and hardware worth up to AUD310m.