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High Performance Example Unit :Drinking Water : tap or bottled?: HIGH PERFORMANCE ONLY: Scientific innovation in drinking water quality

10 Innovations in Water Purification 

1 Nanotechnology

2 Toxin-Eating Bacteria

3 MadiDrop Ceramic Water Purification Disk

4 The SteriPEN

5 Salt for Purification

6 Removing Arsenic With Plastic Bottles

7 'Super Sand'

8 Herbal Defluoridation

9 Ceramic Water Filters

10 Direct-Contact Membrane Desalination

9 Water Filtration Advancements   

1. Filtering Water with Nanotechnology

2. Lifestraw

3. Photocatalytic Water Purification Technology

4. Acoustics Nanotube Technology

5. SunSpring System

6. Tata Swach

7. Euglena Biofiltration System

8. Sun light and High Tech Materials

9. Grundfos-pioneered Biological Purification Process

UTS scientists have developed a water filtration system to remove arsenic from drinking water in Pakistan

6 Water Purifying Devices for Clean Drinking Water in the Developing World   

1. Lifestraw

2. Ceramic Water Filters 

3. Water Purifying Bicycle

4. Life Sack

5. "Pure" Water Bottle Filters with UV Rays

6. Hamster Ball-shaped Solarball