Cellopore sachets - Water purification

In brief cellpore sachets are a simple design that can purify even the most contaminated water sources, without the need for boiling, or a power supply. When natural disasters such as floors hit unsuspecting continents the call for emergency relief is critical and usually a time consuming and expensive process. This technology has the purpose to save potentially millions of lives and be put into action in a matter or days rather than weeks when disaster strikes.

So how are Cellpore sheets a sustainable technology?
The design idea is simple, take a simple biodegradable bag with the ability to purify potentially harmful water sources into a clean drinkable water source. If we think about the process of hauling tones of clean water using airplanes, boats and cars to flood zones the benefit of this technology becomes instantly recognizable.

Moving large amounts of mass requires a huge amount of fossil fuels and the production of the water containers themselves are not benefiting to the o-zone layer either. However this is where I can highlight the huge effectiveness of the sachets.

They are small, very lightweight, compact, biodegradable bags that are easy to transport and remain dry until use. They purify 99.99% of harmful contamination in any water source. So the transport of gallons of water is not necessary. All a victim of flood would have to do is find a water source (muddy, salted etc) and wait a few hours until they have themselves a clean and healthy water supply. Without the need for electricity, fuel or chemicals..
Amazing.
Cellopore sachets

The materials are also mainly “Green” friendly, the cellophane film (the magic of the technology) is made from renewable plantation farms! However the factories that produce the sachets do cause damage to the o-zone layer, but prevention of industrial pollution is outside the scope of this sustainable technology.

What are the main factors for the design?
Shockingly the provided facts will give you an idea of the how much suffering the sachets can prevent.

“there are 45 million refugees and displaced people
half of all people in Africa do not have access to safe water
three million children under the age of five die each year due to dehydration caused by diarrhea
165 million children under five are severely malnourished and susceptible to disease
one child dies every eight seconds from a water-related disease. “

The technology has huge market range, sold mainly to emergency relief agency's, governments and charities. But the product could also expand to commercial market in the field of out door activities; Cavers, climbers, hikers, bicyclists the list goes on.

Cellopore sachets, on a larger scale..
The implementation of this product could massively reduce the energy required to purify water supplies on an industrial level. Bottled drinking water, Mains water supplies you name it, any product or service with the intention of human consumption of safe, clean water. The technology is suitable and perfectly healthy for all age ranges and best of all does not require a huge energy source or chemicals. So Imagen your local water purification plant not using chemicals to cleanse water, then we have less chemical waste which means in turn less harmful production output and disposal. Now Imagen a city taking on this idea, even more reduction. If this technology became the basis and the new standard for water purification the ecological results would be outstanding.

Why did I take interest in this technology?
One of the main things that drew me towards writing about this sustainable technology was my fascination.
I was struck by how brilliant this simple idea was, and the huge amount of lives it could benefit and save.

The question I am writing to answer is, Can this technology truncate 3rd world problems and issues?
Living in our western lives, day in-day out, we take the basic needs of humanity for granted so it is easy to forget that billions of people are struggling to live, without water or food.
“Some 1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water, and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation. “ - This is a shocking quote, 1.1 billion people not being able to satisfy one of the bodies primary requirements.
“A person will usually die within 3-4 days without water. It doesn’t matter if the person is thin or fat.” - A fact that we may never have to remember, because life to us without water is unimaginable..

With this invention charities will be able to transport massive quantities of this technology (economically) to these unforgiving areas and provide the victims of poverty with one less problem.
But why should charities be the only consumer of this product, the governments can also save cities worth of human life on a daily basis.
Admittedly if everything was so easy then there would be no such thing as poverty right? What I am writing to prove is that this technology IS revolutionary and has a huge amount of potential that could change how far our own and the governments money goes, saving lives with a matter of pennies. Charity workers collecting funds would have the possibility in their hands to save millions of lives instead of thousands.

Further Information
I have compiled a plan of inquiry to support my further research in regards to sustainable technology and the Cellopore project. This will help me establish firm knowledge of the project and allow me to continue writing about the project, filling in missing factors.
www.wateraid.org/uk/ contains relief information allowing me to further research the problem that the sachets are faced with.
www.stepin.org is another excellent site which contains wealthy amounts of data, statistics and facts about many sustainable technologies and in particular, Cellopore sachets.
www.worldwater.org is dedicated to providing data, and web connections to organizations, institutions, and individuals working on a wide range of global freshwater problems and solutions.

In conclusion, I hope I have given the reader an idea of the scale this technology could reach and the massive benefit it could have on a relief and industrial level. The further editions of this project will aim to further educate, intrigue and promote why cellopore sachets are a fantastic sustainable technology.

“Writing in quotes is taken from 3rd party sources”