Clean water for all. - Wildlife Gardeners

Stoloniferous · 09-10-2009, 11:57 AM

Michael Pritchard's water filter turns filthy water drinkable | Video on TED.com

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Too much of the world lacks access to clean drinking water. Engineer Michael Pritchard did something about it -- inventing the portable Lifesaver filter, which can make the most revolting water drinkable in seconds. An amazing demo from TEDGlobal 2009.

Equilibrium · 09-11-2009, 01:11 AM

What's the trick to getting it to play?

Stoloniferous · 09-11-2009, 11:31 AM

Trick? I just navigated there, and it started.

Stoloniferous · 09-11-2009, 11:32 AM

Here is the video on youtube:

YouTube - Michael Pritchard makes filthy water drinkable

Stoloniferous · 09-11-2009, 12:02 PM

Way cool - they're already for sale. They're a bit pricey - $150 - but this would be much better in our emergency supply closet than a stack of water bottles.

Amazon.com: Lifesaver Bottle 4000 Ultra Filtration Water Bottle: Sports & Outdoors

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The Lifesaver bottle eliminates the need for iodine tablets, tedious boiling, chemicals, tubes, shaking, scrubbing, waiting, and effort from the water purification process. The bottle uses a long-term use replaceable filter, which can treat about 4,000 liters of water, 5.5 years of usage if you drank two liters of water every day. The bottle has a unique feature, which shuts the filter off when the cartridge has expired so you can get the maximum life out of your filter without the risk of drinking contaminated water.

gnomenative · 09-11-2009, 04:22 PM

Very cool- There are some other similar things out there being piloted for developing countries. I will see if I can find the link and post that too. Gotta love clean water!

09-11-2009, 01:11 AM	#2
Equilibrium Land Steward Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois	What's the trick to getting it to play? __________________ There are people all over the world who are willing to exploit others. You can't just point the finger at America -Arlo Guthrie

09-11-2009, 11:31 AM	#3
Stoloniferous Fox Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Franklin, Massachusetts, United States	Trick? I just navigated there, and it started. __________________ Slowly turning my corner of suburbia into paradise: the clueless gardeners' blog. "Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right." -Marie Ebner Von Eschenbach

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09-11-2009, 04:22 PM	#6
gnomenative Grub Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Montgomery, Illinois	Very cool- There are some other similar things out there being piloted for developing countries. I will see if I can find the link and post that too. Gotta love clean water!