"A [CPSU, California Polytechnic State University] Cal Poly [engineering] student recently was awarded a $14,500 grant by the Clinton Global Initiative and the Wal-Mart Foundation for her work on a portable water treatment system for disaster relief zones ...The long, cylindrical bag allows victims in disasters to scoop up water ... where it’s potentially contaminated and then add cleansing chemicals that make the water drinkable ...
... the Waterbag ... provides enough water to last a family of four 10 days. The mostly plastic Waterbag provides the container to carry and to keep the disinfected water clean. The bag, which can be carried like a backpack, also has an integrated filter ...
'Disaster relief organizations say that providing people with drinking water is their No. 1 problem.' ...
... 'Relief agencies should be able to provide waterbag treatment kits more quickly and at lower cost than the 5-gallon jugs that are the norm now. Speed is essential because victims need to drink.' "
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