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UltraStrip
Systems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: USTP),
the Stuart, Flordia-based homeland security technology
company, announced that they have formed an alliance
with WaterEye Corporation for monitoring water
systems for Homeland Security, military, and industrial
applications. WaterEye's patented water monitoring
systems will be installed on the filtration equipment
manufactured through UltraStrip's wholly owned
subsidiary, Ecosphere Technologies, Inc. Ecosphere
recently signed a Joint Marketing and Supply Agreement
with Pierce Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Oshkosh
Truck Corporation, to jointly manufacture a Tactical
Water Filtration Truck.
"This
is an innovative solution that can help protect
our nation's water supply from both natural disasters
and terrorist attacks," said Joe Allbaugh,
former FEMA director and UltraStrip board member.
"It's a good example of how the private sector
can work together to help secure our nation's
future."
Tom
Wolfe, Chief Executive Officer of WaterEye Corporation,
said, "Ecosphere Technologies is the right
company for us to partner with to bring our unique
monitoring equipment to the homeland security
and military markets. Our patented and secure
systems can be monitored 24/7 through the Internet
or a satellite if the Internet is down to alert
our water facilities of contamination issues.
Ecosphere's equipment is the only high-volume
filtration system to be tested and verified by
the EPA through their Environmental Technology
Verification Program for a terrorist attack."
Mickey
Donn, President of Ecosphere, said, "The
Bioterrorism Act of 2002 requires community systems
to have an Emergency Response Plan that includes
equipment that can lessen the impact of a terrorist
attack. Recent reports of contaminated water in
Iraq for our troops could have been discovered
immediately with the WaterEye monitoring equipment.
With the WaterEye technology and our filtration
equipment, we believe we will offer the finest
detection and remediation solution possible for
our fighting forces."
On
December 5, 2005, the Company signed a Joint Marketing
and Supply Agreement with Pierce Manufacturing,
Inc. (a subsidiary of Oshkosh Truck Corporation,
"OSK", NYSE). Pierce will assemble the
Company's mobile filtration units into the Pierce
truck chassis and body to produce the Tactical
Water Filtration Truck and will market the product
through its well-established national sales force
and international dealerships. UltraStrip produces
its filtration equipment through its subsidiary,
Ecosphere Technologies, Inc.
UltraStrip
is a technology firm that develops and manufactures
patented equipment to provide solutions to homeland
security, military, and environmental problems.
The Company's proprietary Mobile Emergency Filtration
Systems and Tactical Water Filtration Trucks,
provided through its Ecosphere Technologies subsidiary,
are breaking now ground by transforming its powerful
water-filtration and purification technology for
use in the world's most challenging applications,
including the military (e.g., for troop deployments)
and Homeland Security (e.g., to areas hit by man-made
or natural events that damage vital water resources).
The Company's Mobile Emergency Filtration System
successfully operated for two months in Waveland,
MS following that community's devastation from
Hurricane Katrina, providing bulk water for drinking,
bathing, cooking, and cleaning purposes. UltraStrip's
patented robotic water jetting systems are designed
to provide an environmentally safe coatings removal
process in both heavy marine, automobile, and
aboveground storage tank applications. The robotic
systems have been utilized for U.S. Navy ships
(including the U.S.S Cole after its attack off
the coast of Yemen), cruise ships, and tankers
in shipyards throughout the world. Additional
information on UltraStrip can be obtained through
its websitehttp://www.ultrastrip.com.
WaterEye
Corporation is a web-based technology company
based near Sacramento, CA whose mission is to
make remote monitoring and data analysis services
affordable and available to a broad range of users.
WaterEye's flagship patented product is a sophisticated
yet very easy to use web-based monitoring system
utilized in a wide variety of applications. The
Bureau of Reclamation used WaterEye on their mobile
water trailers in the Gulf Coast region after
Hurricane Katrina. WaterEye's system is deployed
for water system monitoring duties within refineries,
nuclear power stations and complex manufacturing
facilities. Industrial and municipal water and
wastewater treatment plant operators rely on WaterEye
to provide the primary alarms and alert functions
when they are not physically present on site.
Municipal plants also use WaterEye's web-based
analysis and reporting functions to generate state
and federally mandated water quality and discharge
reports, providing SCADA class performance at
a fraction of the normal cost. http://www.watereye.com.
SOURCE
UltraStrip Systems, Inc.
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