Los Alamos native Tim Seay in the plane Tuesday on his way to Budapest, Hungary to organize the transport of water purification equipment to Ukraine. Courtesy photo
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
bjgordon@ladailypost.com
Los Alamos native Tim Seay is a man with a mission. He arrived Tuesday in Budapest, Hungary to organize the transport of water purification equipment to embattled Ukraine.
“I got tired of watching and not doing anything,” Seay said. “I have worked in water conditioning for years. I decided, hey this my opportunity to do something, so I dove right in. Kids are already dying in Maruipol and other cities, not so much from physical wounds, but rather rampant dehydration and waterborne illness.”
For the past several years Seay has been working with frequency and magnetic technologies for use in human and animal health and wellness as well as water conditioning and quality improvement with applications in agriculture and industrial facilities around the country and throughout the world, he explained.
Seay has done business abroad and has been to Hungary before, so he has contacts there to help set things in motion. He also wants to help provide aid to the 300,000 refuges in Budapest.
“I’ve aligned with various non-governmental organizations (NGO), including Make Water Safe for the World (makewatersafe.org).”
Seay also is working with the Hungarian Red Cross and other humanitarian organizations that are already well established and active in the region.
His primary goal is to deliver to Ukraine 100 hand-held water disinfection devices, H2g0 models, and two larger “Stream” models, which can treat a whole town. The smaller model will treat about 40 liters (10 gallons) of water per day with only one battery charge per week.
The devices are built by Albuquerque company Aqua-Research LLC, founded by Rodney Herrington. (visit aquaresearch.com to learn more.)
They rely on electrolytic technologies that produce disinfectants from common salt to a variety of water filtration technologies.
All of this isn’t free, of course. Seay has set up a fundraising effort at https://fundly.com/clean-water-for-ukraine.
Approximately 75 percent of the money goes to the purchase and transport of the water disinfection devices including Customs Fees, Import Tax, Tariffs and the like, Seay said. Aqua-Research has contributed product discounts along with a direct product contribution of $1,000 from NGO, Making Water Safe For The World, he said.
“The remaining 25 percent of funds will supplement my personal contribution, ‘out-of-pocket’ travel costs and local monetary donations onsite,” Seay said.
“I feel very fortunate to be in the position to make this journey physically since I had a hip replacement in December,” he said. “I decided to skip ski season and go to Ukraine!”
Born in Los Alamos in 1961, Seay is a Los Alamos High School graduate, class of 1979.
“I went on to receive a degree in Business Administration and International Marketing from Colorado State University, in Fort Collins, Seay said. “I’m now living in Ruidoso.”
Seay often travels to Los Alamos to visit his mom, an elementary school teacher at Mountain for many years who now resides at Aspen Ridge.
Contributions to help fund the Water for Ukraine campaign can be of any size. Good wishes and prayers also are welcome, Seay said. Visit https://fundly.com/clean-water-for-ukraine to contribute and for more information.
“It’s going to be a big adventure,” Seay said, “but I feel ready. I will be there for a minimum of two weeks, but not more than a month. The time to act is NOW!”
