SunStar Solutions

We are seeking grants and other funding sources for solar water distillation projects in Haiti,
U.S. border colonias, and other areas with poor and/or rural communities lacking infrastructure,
or who are in great need for clean water. Please email Sharon.

We do not sell solar water distillers, however you can click on the links below to purchase them directly from the websites/companies:

Solaqua Solar still produces 1 1/2 gal/day for 1-2 people per still (no electricity, on-site, no running water necessary)

Suns River stills produce 4x the amount of water than a passive still using the sun and an electric pump - these are excellent for communities

Flo-Onics Stills produce 100 gal/day to 250,000 gal/day for communities/groups/towns

FREE e-Booklet: HOW TO MAKE A SOLAR WATER DISTILLER
Temporarily available as a (pdf) FREE DOWNLOAD! To see our other $5 e-Books that are available CLICK HERE

For solar water distiller construction plans you can obtain them through the El Paso Solar Energy Association

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Sharon Cornet's BIO:

Sharon Cornet is 39 years old, and graduated with her BA in Social Science, with (applied/cultural) Anthropology specialization in March, 2010. She is a wife and mother, and has a background in working with environmental and sustainable technologies and issues, including solar energy, solar water distillation projects, working with non-profits and community organizing/development, and research and writing/editing. Her goals upon graduation include participation in local, regional, and foreign projects for social justice, environmental and solar/water applications, as well as cultural and community work. Her past experience includes positions such as Project Manager with the El Paso Solar Energy Association (EPSEA) 501(c)3 non-profit organization installing over 100 stills (personally) in demographically targeted homes in rural border “colonias” (unincorporated communities lacking infrastructure along the U.S.-Mexico border). She has also trained assistants in the field for these projects, helped construct solar distillers, and has overseen the completion of three grant-funded projects. Sharon has been/is involved with EPSEA and other non-profit organizations, such as the Unitarian Universalist Community of El Paso (her home church, where she also currently serves as the Social Justice Committee Chair), and Border Interfaith as Organizing Assistant (2007-2009), working on general community issues, with special focus on social justice and solving community water problems. She also has 8 years experience in Office Management, data entry, transcription, writing/editing, webmastering, graphics design, ordering, shipping, and answering phones. Sharon's organizational skills, time management, typing (60+wpm), written and verbal, and general computer skills are well developed.

As mentioned above, Sharon has Managed grant projects (2000-2002) with two $10,000 grants from BorderPACT/CONAHEC installing solar stills in Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas. She also was Project Manager for a $100,000 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant installing stills in southern New Mexico and west Texas over a 2-year period. Part of her duties included working with community leaders to identify potential still recipients, hosting community meetings, creating handouts and materials, installation of solar water distillers on-site at homes, clinics and women’s centers, instructing still recipients on how to use the stills, upkeep, and provided manuals, follow-up visits, and supplied grantors with mid-term and final reports. When these projects were completed Sharon followed with her own solar energy business selling solar water distillers, contracting her expertise out, cleaning and revamping old stills in the region, training and teaching workshops on solar distillation construction, and writing How-To solar energy booklets for solar stills. For more information please see Sharon's RESUME.