Pune lab have found a way of producing cheap and clean drinking water

mira4bai4 · Jul 13th, 2005, 20:32

Pune, July 2: Scientists at a Pune lab have found a way of producing cheap and clean drinking water from contaminated water by using a membrane as filter. The device does not depend on electricity as most other water filters do and can thus be used in remote rural areas as well as disaster zones.

The breakthrough was made at the Pune-based National Chemical Laboratory’s polymer division and the new technology was granted a US patent earlier this year. NCL then transferred the knowhow on a royalty basis to Pune-based entrepreneur Subhash Devi, who has since marketed the water filter. It is now available in the market under the brand name Purion. Full report

Brownlikejames · Jul 26th, 2005, 03:12

hahaha i just had to read this 2 weeks AFTER I drank that fateful Bisleri that sent me to the hospital

agni5454 · Jul 26th, 2005, 05:36

Good, now the next thing they should do is actually put it to good use by mass producing it.

Oh wait. forgot. politics will shut it down.

Nick-H · Jul 26th, 2005, 21:01

Interesting. Do you know anything about commercial availability?

Jul 13th, 2005, 20:32	#1
mira4bai4 Lost in Space Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: ND PaharGanj Permanently/Temporarily Posts: 1,195	Pune lab have found a way of producing cheap and clean drinking water Pune, July 2: Scientists at a Pune lab have found a way of producing cheap and clean drinking water from contaminated water by using a membrane as filter. The device does not depend on electricity as most other water filters do and can thus be used in remote rural areas as well as disaster zones. The breakthrough was made at the Pune-based National Chemical Laboratory’s polymer division and the new technology was granted a US patent earlier this year. NCL then transferred the knowhow on a royalty basis to Pune-based entrepreneur Subhash Devi, who has since marketed the water filter. It is now available in the market under the brand name Purion. Full report

Jul 26th, 2005, 05:36	#3
agni5454 Mr. 200 ...and counting. Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: PA, US Posts: 538	Good, now the next thing they should do is actually put it to good use by mass producing it. Oh wait. forgot. politics will shut it down. __________________ "Human Life without happiness or hope of happiness is not a life, but rather a death in life" - David Swenson The Dignity of Human Life "History is always a perspective; but numbers never lie"

Jul 26th, 2005, 21:01	#4
Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 27,692	Interesting. Do you know anything about commercial availability? __________________ . Just one member of the IndiaMike Mod Team

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