Bottle makes dirty water drinkable

[L Roebuck]

Now this water bottle could come in handy when caving!

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Bottle makes dirty water drinkable
By Christopher Hope, Home Affairs Correspondent
Telegraph.co.uk

The way fresh water is supplied to disaster-hit regions could be revolutionised after an Ipswich-based businessman invented a £190 bottle that makes foul-smelling water drinkable in seconds.

Michael Pritchard hopes that the bottle could be a life-saver for refugees in disaster regions where access to clean drinking water is vital.

However, the military are already latching on to his idea. Four hours after Mr Pritchard launched his new "Life Saver" bottle at the DESI defence show in London yesterday, he sold out his entire 1,000 stock. "I am bowled over," he said.

Military chiefs are excited because the bottles, which can distill either 4,000 litres or 6,000 litres without changing the filter, will have huge benefits for soldiers who hate drinking iodine-flavoured water.

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[John Lovaas]

a £190 bottle that makes foul-smelling water drinkable in seconds.

That's $386US!

Military chiefs are excited because the bottles, which can distill either 4,000 litres or 6,000 litres without changing the filter

So you can buy his "filter in a bottle" for $386 or you could buy this Katadyn filter-

products.katadyn.com/brands-and-products/produkte/Endurance_Series_23/Katadyn_Camp_25.html

that will last twice as long(and filters as efficiently) for $50.

Hmmmm... good PR agency working for Mr. Pritchard; bad research at the Telegraph...

[Brian Roebuck]

John you forget that you have to train soldiers to use the cheaper device! I suspect the cost of training would far surpass the savings though. It's a strange world we live in.