Tag: Drinking Water
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Revolve Water Bottle Filters Tap Water While You Drink
The Revolve Tap Water Filtration system is an easy way to start choosing to drink tap water over bottled water.
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15 Concepts and Solutions for Providing Clean Drinking Water
Clean drinking water is one of our basic human needs, but in many parts of the world, it's also hard to come by. Here's another look at some of the latest concepts for providing clean drinking water.
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Common Kitchen Ingredient Helps Clean Drinking Water
80% of diseases in developing countries trace back to contaminated water. Could a simple ingredient from the kitchen shelf solve the problem?
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Buy a T-Shirt, Give the Gift of 25 Years of Clean Water
Help fund solutions to the global water crisis by purchasing a t-shirt from a company that donates to Thirst Relief for each shirt sold - enough money per shirt to give one person access to clean, drinkable water for 25 years!
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Freedom UV Water Purifier from SteriPen is Lightweight, Rechargeable and Simple to Use
Making sure the water you're about to drink is free from pathogens is a snap with this portable UV Purifier.
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Access to Safe Water and Sanitation Could Save 2.5 Million Lives Annually
If everyone had access to the most basic of necessities - safe water to drink and adequate sanitation - many lives could be spared. 2.5 million lives, according to WaterAid.
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Smart Sensors to Help Monitor Effectiveness of Water Filters and Cookstoves in Rwanda
An effort to provide water filters and cookstoves to households in Rwanda will be improved by analyzing data sent from mobile smart sensors.
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Portable Water Purifier Uses Nano-Scale Silver Membrane to Eliminate Pathogens
This portable water purifier uses a nano-silver membrane filter to destroy up to 99.99% of pathogens, including E.coli, giardia, and cryptosporidia.
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EPA Orders Oil Companies to Pay for Contamination of Montana Town's Water Supply
More than 40 million gallons of brine have entered the drinking water aquifer over five decades. Now, the EPA is holding three oil companies at least partly responsible for the contamination.
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7 Ways Technology Will Provide Water for the World
In a world with a population that is rapidly outgrowing its ability to provide clean water for itself, advances in water technology may provide some solutions for one of our most pressing needs.
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Saguaro National Park Says No to Bottled Water AND Soda Sales
"If parks in some of the hottest, driest areas of the nation can take this step without fear of losing visitors to either disenchantment or dehydration, what’s stopping all the others?"
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Portable Rainwater Harvesting and Filtration Prototype Supplies Clean Drinking Water
A prototype rainwater filtration system is designed to be highly portable and rapidly deployable, providing potable water just about anywhere.
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Personal Water Filter Bottle Helps Fund Fight Against Global Water Crisis
A new refillable water filter bottle helps you not only fight against plastic bottle waste, but also helps to fund sustainable water projects.
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World Water Forum: Fight Against Privatization Continues & UN Says to Value Ecosystems, Not Just Agriculture
"A narrow definition of 'water productivity' considers only the value of agricultural produce, but doesn't put a price on lost drinking water, reduced fish populations, parched pastures, or shrinking groundwater reservoirs."
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SEWR, Using Solar Design to Purify Water
A smart idea for using solar power to not only cool buildings but purify water at the same time.
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Miracle Tree Seeds and Sand Produce Inexpensive Clean Water
A substance from the so-called miracle tree can help to purify drinking water sustainably and inexpensively.
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Is it Safe to Drink? New App Guides Travelers in Tap Water Choices
When you're traveling, how do you know if the tap water is safe to drink? Yup, there's an app for that.
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New Water Bottle Serves Up Purified Water in 60 Seconds with UV Light
A new water bottle from CamelBak uses UV-C light to effectively purify water in just 60 seconds.
