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Life Straw
Originally just a plastic cigar-sized portable filter, LifeStraw purifiers are now available in sizes perfect for personal, family, group, and community use. LifeStraw uses hollow fibre microfiltration technology to purify water by removing potential pathogens like typhoid, cholera, dysentery as well as the parasites. The personal straw size works as soon as you suck up water from a source, rendering up to 1,000 liters of water fit to drink without electricity or additional attachments. -
Play Pump Merry Go-Round Water Pump
The PlayPump water system is a like a playground merry-go-round attached to a water pump. The spinning motion pumps underground water into a 2,500-liter tank raised seven meters above ground. The water in the tank is easily dispensed by a tap valve. According to the manufacturer the pump can raise up to 1400 liters of water per hour from a depth of 40 meters. Excess water is diverted below ground again. By 2008 Field has succeeded in installing 1000 playpumps in 5 countries in Southern Africa. -
Life Sack
This sack really pulls its weight as a multi-purpose bag of awesomeness. First it’s used to transport grain to communities in need, and then once the grain has been distributed, it can be used to filter and store water. It can also be used as a backpack to transport that water as needed. Life Sack uses SODIS (Solar Water Disinfection Process) technology to remove contaminants from water using UV-A radiation. -
Solar Ball
Jonathan Liow, a graduate student at Monash University, developed the solar ball to utilize the sun’s power to purify drinking water, It’s a sphere-shaped shaped device that uses evaporation to separate contaminants from drinking water when placed in the sun. The condensation that ensues equals a little over three quarts of clean drinking water every day.
