LifeStraw Community Water Purifier
LifeStraw® Community water purifier is a vital tool for some of the 780 million people who get sick.
LifeStraw® Community is a high-volume point-of-use water purifier with built-in safe storage that converts contaminated water into safe drinking water. It’s ideal for community settings that don’t have access to safe water which leaves them at risk for diarrheal disease, which kills more than 1.5 million people yearly. It has been distributed to schools throughout Kenya, community centers in Latin America, etc. It uses advanced hollow fiber technology, is chemical free, made of durable plastic and doesn’t require electrical power or batteries. LifeStraw Community removes 99.9999% of bacteria, 99.999% of viruses and 99.99% of protozoa, and reduces turbidity (muddiness). It meets the standard for the “highly protective” category of household water treatment options by the World Health Organization and complies with US EPA guidelines. Each can purify between 70,000 -100,000 liters of water, enough to serve community settings for several years.