Water Purification involves removing debris, viruses, bacteria, microscopic plastic particles, and traces of solvents, fertilizers, pesticides, medications, and more.
There are many ways to purify water and we highlight both technical and industrial methods along with simple DIY methods for residences employed by people around the world, and this page covers a variety o. As, purifying water is fast becoming a major issue for many, and soon to become an issue for more with flooding, storms, and other climate events, we provide some objective information on selecting methods to clean drinking water for individuals and their families. As always, we promoted DIY projects to get the job done and are pleased to link to articles and videos below to help those taking on the water purification tasks. Investing in a capable water purification system might well be one of the best investments you can make at this time.
Also, check out our page Cleaning Our Water which focuses on the magnificent efforts of those cleaning bodies of water, removing plastics, debris, etc.
Our page on Sourcing Water has relatable, relevant information as well.
Wikipedia: Reverse Osmosis Filtration System forces water molecules through a semi-permeable membrane, leaving organic contaminants, toxins, bacteria, salts, etc. behind.
Water Distillation catches the condensation produced from boiling water, removing minerals and contaminants in the process.
WikiHow: Boiling: It is recommended that one reaches a rolling boil for at least one minute.
Wikipedia: Carbon filtering uses Activated Charcoal Water Filter to remove chlorine, sediment, volatile organic compounds viruses, bacteria, and taste and odor from water.
Wikipedia: Ultraviolet Light Filters kill mold, bacterial, and viral contaminants, including giardia and cryptosporidium, by passing water through an ultraviolet light source.
Wikipedia: Capacitive deionization
Wikipedia: Electrodeionization
Wikipedia: Tata Swach – uses filters made from rice husk ash impregnated with nano-silver particles to purify water
Wikipedia: Solar Water Disinfection
Insider Tech Video: Tap Water Might be Better than Bottled Water
Better Homes and Gardens: Is It OK to Drink Water that’s Been Sitting Out for a While?
Wikipedia: Point of Use Filters
Wikipedia: Individual Water Bottle Filters
The Life Straw lets you drink directly out of unclean water.
Wikipedia: Ceramic Water Filters address contaminants through a Multiple-Level Filtration System.
Trendhunter: Slideshow of Inventive Water Filters
Pump Purifiers and gravity-fed purifiers
Eco-Snippets: Simple Pine Branches Can Filter Out 99% of Bacteria Producing Clean Water…
Enviroalternatives.com: 25 Water Purification Methods
Instructables.com: How to Purify Water
Inhabitat: ‘Cycloclean Purifies Drinking Water Using Bicycle Pedal Power’
Inhabitat: Life Sack Solves Drinking Water Issues for the Third World
Inceptive Mind: New water purification tech removes 99.9% of microplastics in 10 seconds
TinyHouse and Offgrid Resources – DIY 3-gallon water filter requiring no electricity
LDSPrepper – Water Filter Review & Comparison: Berkey, Doulton, Reverse Osmosis, etc.
Primal Survivor: How to Make a Charcoal Water Filter Instructions