Posted by: AJ Kennedy

Campaign: Can we make drinkable water from other sources?

Salt, a cheap and widely available material, acts as a \"flocculant\" -- a material which pulls together loose particles in solution until they form an aggregate heavy enough to sink to the bottom, making the murky water clear. Pearce reports: \"The water has a lower sodium concentration than Gatorade. I’ve drunk this water myself. If I were somewhere with no clean water and had kids with diarrhea, and this could save their lives, I’d use this, no question. Source: https://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/concepts-providing-clean-drinking-water.html