Teri dankovich is a chemist who invented a paper that purifies drinking water. Drinkable book quenches thirst for water purification. Pages of silver nanoparticles filter sludge from water and kill bacteria. A low cost filter would provide safe drinking water in a jiffy during emergencies or at a short notice. Carnegie melon university researcher, theresa dankovich created the drinkable book where each page of the book is a paper water filter. Future innovation a book that filters water 52 insights. The drinkable book could save lives brand south africa.
The folia water filter is antimicrobial filter paper containing silver nanoparticles that kill bacteria and viruses and it filters out dirt and larger parasites. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. If you spill water on this book, thats a good thing. After founding the startup company page drinking paper last year in collaboration with waterislife, dankovich has now helped to design the 25page drinkable book, which contains the filter pages. Resembling a thick coffee filter, each page can be torn out to be used for filtration, but is also embossed with informative sanitary advice for local communities. Acting as a filter, water poured through just one page will have 99. The drinkable book, by waterislife and dr teri dankovich. Developed by researcher dr theresa dankovich at carnegie mellon. Could this drinkable book provide clean water to the.
Cofounder and chief technology officer for folia water, a forprofit company, dedicated to. After the filter is removed from the book, its placed in an included boxlike holder which is then mounted on top of a 5gallon bucket. She calls it the drinkable booktm, and each page is impregnated. An early prototype of the filter, which laid out the paper in a book that doubled as an educational tool. There are plenty of options, says theresa dankovich, the postdoctoral. Drinkable book filters filthy water and makes it safer. G20 leaders divided over syria south africa upbeat on economy. Each page can purify a familys drinking water for up to a month, meaning the book can provide a family with clean water for up to four years thats 1460 days of clean water they otherwise would not have. While most water filters trap harmful content, the drinkable book works a little differently. Low cost filter to provide safe water in a jiffy the hindu. The bucket filter is the simplest form of water filtration and can filter 5,000 gallons of water for 57 years depending on maintenance. A pipeline audit can surface trends and reveals gaps that help leaders make.
The book that filters water innovation nation youtube. With more than 158,000 members, acs is the worlds largest scientific society and a global leader in. Dankovich tested the paper in south africa last year. Theresa dankovich from mcgill university has developed a type of. The pages can be torn out and used as a filter to remove bacteria from impure water. Folia materials the tamer center for social enterprise. Meet theresa dankovich, one of fast companys most creative. Leaders who are shaping the future of business in creative ways. During her phd at mcgill university, dankovich successfully created a. Theresa dankovich to hear more about the filters potential and forward plans. So the entire books could provide the tools to filter clean water for about a year. The drinkable book is a scientific coffee filter that kills diseases.
One page from this drinkable book can potentially filter up to 100. These filter have potentially huge potential to address the needs of the 660. Theresa dankovichs the drinkable book may be the answer. Each 10cent page filter can provide several weeks of potable water for a single user. Imagine a book that has pages you can tear out and use to turn raw sewage into drinking water. There are plenty of options, says theresa dankovich. Charts can be found on various organization profiles and on hubs pages. We cant really fix the water supply issue with these filters, but we can try. Water is life plans to work with dr dankovich over the coming year to scale up and mass. One book is said to give 5,000 litres up to four years of clean drinking water for a single person. Eliminating waterborne bacteria with pages from the drinkable.
Is this waterfiltering paper the solution to clean water. The drinkable book is an instruction manual with information on how and why water should be filtered. Folia water the worlds first water filter for pennies, not dollars. The filters can last a couple of weeks, even up to a month. Dr teri dankovich developed the technology while working at mcgill university in canada and then at the university of virginia. Dont miss our virtual sb leadership summit on june 12. In africa, we wanted to see if the filters would work on real water. Drinking water for the developing world folia water filters. Theresa dankovich and her colleagues have developed an inexpensive water filter system think of your standard drip coffee maker where the paper is im. Floods, tsunamis, and earthquakes often spread infections like gastroenteritis, giardiasis and e. Drinkable book turns dirty water clean for a thirsty world. After founding the startup company page drinking paper last year in collaboration with waterislife, dankovich has now helped to design the 25page drinkable book, which contains the filter pages she developed. An early prototype of the filter, which laid out the paper in a book that doubled as. The drinkable book that could save millions church leaders.
Dankovich will explain her technology and reveal new results of. Once read, the pages can be torn out and used to make contaminated water safe to drink. Users tear a filter out of the book, place it in a custom box which is part of the. Our vision is to be a leader in shaping a more vital and thriving.
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