Every drop of it!

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Worldwide, around 10,000 people die every day due to lack of clean drinking water. According to WHO in India alone, around 2000 people die every day due to lack of clean drinking water, and out of this, children under the age of five are most vulnerable. But a Canadian scientist, Dr.David Manz,to solve this problem in India, invented and designed an amazing tool that could solve this problem. He developed a low cost Bio-sand water Filter that effectively removes all the dissolved particles and pathogens  from the water. This slow purifying process  manage to remove up to 98% of bacteria, 100% of viruses, 99% of parasites, amoebae, 95% of heavy metals and 93% of arsenic. This low cost Bio-sand  filter, is locally manufactured and can also help the local community with various livelihood option. And, all of that just Rs. 3,000 and works for 30 years. It is easy to maintain and filters 84 litres of water daily.  BIDYUT