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Making drinking water safe

Water pitchers commonly found in homes today, such as those by Brita and PUR, go only part of the way toward purifying drinking water. While they generally filter out chlorine, lead, pesticides and other contaminants, they don’t disinfect water and therefore can’t claim to make water truly purified to drink.

Oil and Gas spills

To clean water, oil and gas companies employ various in-the-field techniques to force water through filtering membranes at high pressure. However, the dirty water quickly clogs the membranes, which then need to be cleaned or replaced. As costs rise, drilling becomes less and less economically attractive. 

How Significant is the Issue of Contaminated Drinking Water?

Water-related disease is one of the leading causes of death for children under five in developing countries. This killer takes the lives of more than 14,000 people each day and is responsible for 80 percent of all sickness in the developing world, including 4 to 5 billion diarrhea episodes per year. Impure, unsafe water is a significant health problem in developing countries. More than 1.1 billion people lack access to a reliable supply of safe, affordable drinking water. In many areas, people are forced to use surface waters that contain sewage or other pollutants as their main water source.

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The Seattle Times

More than a billion people lack access to sanitary water, and the number rises daily. In countries such as China and India, the market for purifying water at home is growing more than 30 percent a year.

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Water World Magazine

With only half of the rural population in Uganda estimated to have access to drinking water, there remains an urgent need to install immediate solutions to keep pace with a growing population.