This DIY Portable System Cleans Water Efficiently
Access to safe, clean drinking water is probably the biggest privilege available to humanity, but many of us take it for granted. If you want to live off-grid or even take an extended camping trip, you’ll find out how much effort it takes to get clean water. Riley of Ambition Strikes specializes in off-grid projects and was the perfect person to build this DIY portable system for cleaning water.
To get nice, clean drinking water, you need to do two things: filter out any particulates and kill any remaining microbes. The filtering step makes the water look clean, removes things that cause bad tastes, and catches some larger microbes (parasites and a lot of the big bacteria). But some bacteria and viruses will get through the filter, which is why you want another step—boiling being the simplest. Chemicals also work, which is why backpackers carry purification tablets.
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