Drinkable Book

[JJ_BPK]

For those who travel the worlds nasty back water low technology places, this is worth keeping an eye on.

It kills all biological agents, BUT they do not talk to heavy metals or chemical contaminants.

the drinkable book cleans and purifies water with advanced filtering paper

a team of scientists and engineers from carnegie mellon and the university of virginia have developed ‘the drinkable book’, a life saving tool that filters water and teaches proper sanitation and hygiene to those in the developing world. designed by new york-based typographer brian gartside for non-profit organization waterislife, each book is printed on technologically advanced filter paper capable of eliminating deadly waterborne diseases, as it is coated with silver nanoparticles, whose ions actively kill diseases like cholera, typhoid and E.coli.

once liquid is passed through the filter, bacteria count is reduced by over 99.99%, cleaning the water to a quality comparable to standards in north america. the pages cost only pennies to produce; each sheet from ‘the drinkable book’ is capable of giving someone in need up to 30 days worth of clean water, and features a paper supply that filters up-to 5000 liters.

http://www.designboom.com/technology...er-05-06-2014/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXX5K_cZhZY

This would make a fantastic add to you camping gear, bug out bag, vehicle 1st aid kit,, ad infinitum..

[mark46th]

Wow, JJ- I thought this might get some comments. Guess nobody wants to piss in a book....

[PSM]

Originally Posted by Broadsword2004

Seems a very good product to have on hand for everything from backpacking to SHTF.

I'll take this: http://www.amazon.com/Sawyer-Product.../dp/B00FA2RLX2 for those situations.

It's smaller and will filter MUCH more water.

Okie's right, though. Education, and being able to understand that education, is the problem. There are primitive ways to filter and sanitize water, but getting people to do it is the challenge.

Pat

[Barbarian]

I'll take this: http://www.amazon.com/Sawyer-Product.../dp/B00FA2RLX2 for those situations.

It's smaller and will filter MUCH more water.

Okie's right, though. Education, and being able to understand that education, is the problem. There are primitive ways to filter and sanitize water, but getting people to do it is the challenge.

I agree, however, more options are usually a good thing. The problem I have with it, is the lack of technical info. Minimum particulate size filtered? I expect it will be effective on cysts and protozoa as silver nitrate is powerful stuff, though some confirmation would be necessary.

With more info provided, it seems like a decent, low-cost/time/labor, stop-gap measure, so long as heavy metal contaminants aren't a problem.