Treehugger recently posted an interesting article pointing out solutions to the problem of clean drinking water. Organizations such as Blood Water Mission and Charity Water have devoted time and resources to help improve world-wide access to clean drinking water.

Charity Water notes over 800 million people on the planet don’t have access to clean drinking water. Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. In Africa alone, people spend 40 billion hours every year just walking for water. Women and children usually bear the burden of water collection, walking miles to the nearest source, which is unprotected and likely to make them sick.

Technology continues to improve access to clean drinking water, through the use of self-contained water purification devices from companies like Water Security Corp or even CamelBak’s new UV filtering bottle.

Some of Treehuggers ideas include:

• Using “Super Sand” to clean water
• Bike water purifier
• Solar stills
• Water turbines
• Personal UV filtering devices

Read the full article at TreeHugger.com

Our friends at TapIt Water recently noted that Innovative Water Technologies and GE have teamed up to create one of the most efficient and cost-effective water purification systems available. The Sunspring, as it is named, is a freestanding solar powered water purification system that is perfectly suited for installment in remote locations or in times of natural disasters and emergencies.

Inventor of the Sunspring: Innovative Water Technologies owner Jack Barker utilized GE’s Homespring water filter as the core of the purification unit. The Homespring filter utilizes an ultrafiltration membrane that physically removes pathogens, particulates, and turbidity from the water supply and is capable of processing up to 5,000 gallons of water daily, for up to ten years.

With the capability to be completely operational in as little as three hours after site arrival, the Sunspring’s cost of operation is only $0.0013 per filtered gallon. Additionally, (more…)

Today’s smartphone can play many roles in your life—mobile payment device, gaming gadget, personal trainer, and it can even act as a calling device (imagine that). But could your smartphone soon help quench your thirst as well?

Technology product design and development firm Cambridge Consultants, www.cambridgeconsultants.com, based in England, announced the development of the i-dration water bottle. Working in synch with a smartphone, this water bottle is designed to help athletes maintain optimum levels of hydration by alerting the user when it is time to take a drink of water during an activity.

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