September 20, 2014
This video shows a simple rainwater harvesting system with a drum water filter and a rain water tank. It is a good example of how a […]
September 19, 2014
If you harvest rainwater, you can drink the water from your rain water tanks but the water must be appropriately filtered – the article below briefly […]
May 1, 2014
Biosand water filters are one of the many ways of ensuring safe drinking water, whether it is rainwater from your rain water tank or water from […]
April 12, 2014
Watch this video for instruction on how to make a highly effective water filter system which may be useful for purifying water from your rain water […]
March 2, 2014
Where there may be chance of bacterial or microbial contamination, boiling the water in addition to filtering is a good idea. Rainwater is naturally pure but […]
October 3, 2013
If rainwater from rain water tanks is to be used for potable purposes, it should always be filtered and/or purified. Sand filters are one way of […]
July 23, 2013
Even rainwater in rain water tanks could be contaminated by bird droppings on the roof and other contaminants in the gutters and it should be appropriately […]
July 22, 2013
There has never been a greater need for better sources of healthy water than exists today. Our tap water can be contaminated with synthetic chemicals, toxic […]
June 1, 2013
We are not only recommending filtering water from boreholes, dams/rivers, rain water , water tanks or water reservoirs but also municipal water…here’s why Many people seem […]
April 20, 2013
Whether you are into backpacking and camping or you want to harvest rainwater as a way to go green, water purification tablets can be used to […]
February 15, 2013
U. VIRGINIA (US) — A ceramic tablet infused with silver or copper nanoparticles can disinfect water for up to six months. Called MadiDrop, the tablets are […]
December 14, 2012
Water is made up of 2 hydrogen atoms and 1 oxygen atom (H2O). When these H2Os join together they form water. When water falls on the […]
December 9, 2012
Researchers claim to have found chlorine to be one of the causes in rising numbers of people with food allergies. Chlorine is a chemical element with […]
December 5, 2012
An innovative project expected to provide safe drinking water annually to 4.5 million people in western Kenya has been feted at the ongoing climate change talks […]
October 19, 2012
Biosand and slow sand filters are very useful for filtering water for drinking in poor communities or for those who want to go ‘off-grid’ and construct […]
October 18, 2012
Rainwater can be wonderfully pure when it falls through unpolluted air directly into a clean, properly constructed container. The rain that falls in cities or flows […]
September 21, 2012
Severe water shortages in refugee camps in South Sudan close to the Sudanese border have contributed to a rise in mortality and malnutrition rates to alarming […]
July 30, 2012
Water treatment firm Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies South Africa has been contracted by a global engineering, procurement and construction management company to design, fabricate and […]