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Diana Tran Advisor: Dr. Wayne Teel April 11, 2008

Water by the Barrel : Testing Personal Water Filtration Devices for Purifying Contaminated Water Supplies. Diana Tran Advisor: Dr. Wayne Teel April 11, 2008. Facts and Statistics. According to the United Nations Human Development Report:

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Diana Tran Advisor: Dr. Wayne Teel April 11, 2008

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  1. Water by the Barrel:Testing Personal Water Filtration Devices for Purifying Contaminated Water Supplies Diana Tran Advisor: Dr. Wayne Teel April 11, 2008

  2. Facts and Statistics According to the United Nations Human Development Report: • The lack of sanitation and safe water is currently the world’s largest cause of illness • Millions of women and children spend several hours a day collecting water from distant, often polluted sources • At any given time, half of the world’s hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from a water-related disease • Every 15 seconds, a child dies from a water-related disease • The water and sanitation crisis claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns

  3. Vietnam

  4. The LifeStraw® vs. The Katadyn ®

  5. The LifeStraw® • The LifeStraw ® • A personal mobile water-purification tool designed to turn any surface water into drinking water • Winner of INDEX: 2005 International Design Award, Well-Tech 2006 Innovation Technology Award, and Best Invention of 2005 by TIME • First introduced to me in ISAT 350 by Dr. Chris Bachmann

  6. Testing the LifeStraw®

  7. Sampled from Blacks Run • Located in behind Shenandoah Bicycles in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

  8. Alum Treatment KAl(SO4)2.12H2O • A compound derived from aluminum used in water purification and wastewater treatment. • Safe and does not pose a threat to humans, water creatures, and aquatic plants. • On contact with water, it becomes aluminum hydroxide This fluffy substance, a “floc”, settles to the bottom. • As the floc moves through the water, it also collects other suspended particles in the water, carrying them down to the bottom.

  9. 1 2 3 4

  10. Results

  11. Problems

  12. Katadyn® • LifeStraw ® disappointing • Only EPA-registered filter • 3-phase water filter eliminates bacteria, protozoa, and viruses

  13. Definitely Preferable

  14. Conclusion • The Katadyn ® preferable • The LifeStraw ® worked, but plugged too easily • How would it measure up in real world situations? • Unfortunately, too expensive • If possible, I would run samples until I found the exact lifespan

  15. Raising Awareness at JMU • UNICEF WEEK 2008: March 16-22 • H2O: A Sanitation Issue, March 20th in Taylor 304 www.waterbythebarrel.com

  16. Out of Curiosity… Outer Shell Halogenated Resin Anion Exchange Resin Activated Carbon

  17. Thank You • My advisor, Dr. Wayne Teel • My parents, Hung and Ngocdiep Tran • Vestergaard Frandsen, Inc. • Dr. Thomas Benzing and Jacob Hileman • Friends and relatives • The College of Integrated Science and Technology at James Madison University

  18. Questions?

  19. References Castle, Fred'A K., and Charles Rice. "Purification of Water With Alum."American Druggist. 12 Mar. 2008 <http://books.google.com/     books?id=bNIAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA32&lpg=PA32&dq=alum+used+in+third+world+countries+to+c     lean+water&source=web&ots=SG0ZOgyOLe&sig=-Rk1edKVnKlhyKiCOVEhh5FHaxY&hl=en#PPA32,     M1>. "Katadyn Filter 0.75 L." Katadyn. 2008. 12 Mar. 2008     <http://products.katadyn.com/brands-and-products/produkte/     Ultralight_Series_25/Katadyn_Bottle_075L_31.html>. "Water Facts." WaterPartners International. 2008. 12 Mar. 2008     <http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/defineEntryMLA.php>. Water for Life Decade. 2005. United Nations. 12 Mar. 2008 <http://www.un.org/     waterforlifedecade/pdf/waterforlifebklt-e.pdf>.

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