Portable Water Purifiers, the New Rising Stars

Water purifiers as we all know, are those lives saving devices that purify contaminated and dirty water. Pollutants are increasingly making our water unfit for direct consumption. Nearly 90 percent of the world’s water supply is contaminated, considered unfit for human consumption, according to Leading Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Impurities present in drinking water can be classified into:-

1) Suspended Impurities:- Physical impurities which remain suspended in water such as dust, sand, dead insects and harmful micro-organisms like bacteria, viruses and cyst can be termed as suspended impurities . They lead to discoloration of water and may also cause diseases.

2)Dissolved Impurities: -These are the chemical impurities which get dissolved and mixed with water. They cannot be removed by simple filtration techniques and require advance technology for removal. These impurities include chemicals, rust, pesticides, insecticides and salts of metals like arsenic, fluoride, iron, calcium etc.

Water purifiers can be sorted out by many characteristics.

1) By their installation types i.e. wall mountable, under the counter or just table top.

2) By the purification technology they use i.e. Ro, UV, UF or a combination of these methods.

3) By the use of electricity or not.

4) By the purification

5) By the storage capacity and others to name a few

However the use of portable water purifiers seems fascinating and useful to say the least. Portable Water purifiers are that purifier that purify water but can be moved from one place to another and do not have the need to be mounted or installed at one single place. Recently India was hit by cyclones and devastating floods, causing flooding and power outage for thousands of people for a few weeks. But during the storm and the floods, the need of clean drinking water was imminent and more important than ever. But with no power rendering the electric water purifiers useless and the relief finding it hard to distribute clean water the portable water purifier play a very important part in avoiding water borne diseases.

The water Portable water purifiers can also help in the clean India campaign and help conserve our planet. Suppose you and your family or friends are going for a picnic or trekking on the weekends, water in large quantities will be need in that case. Buying water bottles will not only burn a hole in your pocket, the plastic bottles when empty, litter around causing filth. These plastic bottles also pollute the environment when burnt or not disposed properly. These bottles can also act as breeding ground for mosquitoes if water is accumulated in them. These factors certainly make portable water purifiers the more important to use.

However their basic function is not affected due to the fact that they do not use electricity. Take for example the Kent Gold +water purifier that is portable and filters variety of contaminants, including chemical and biological contaminants from the water. The Gold +water purifier by Kent has a total water storage capacity of 20 liters, 10 liters of purified water and the other 10 liters of raw water. The Gold + water purifier is a non-electric water purifier which doesn't require electricity to purify the water. You can place this water filter anywhere you want to as it doesn't require a plug point to connect it to. The Ultra purification method filters dirt, dust and sand particles from the water and removes foul odour, taste and colour of the water.