| Handheld water (H2O) filtration in the past few | | | | to no time. |
| years has grown leaps and bounds. When a | | | | In the wider world, saltwater filtration, also known |
| person wants to go traveling or hiking they are | | | | as desalination was once thought to be a myth. |
| able to choose from a multitude of options. Simply | | | | With today's technology however, the possibility is |
| being at home though, ensuring the best water | | | | already there. Desalination is done by a technique |
| quality is important too. There are handheld | | | | called reverse osmosis where pressure is applied |
| straws, UV treatment options, filtration tablets | | | | to the saltwater when it's on one side of the filter |
| and this is just the tip of the iceberg. Personal | | | | membrane. By applying the pressure the large salt |
| shower filters, general household filters and even | | | | molecules are removed and thus making it |
| saltwater filtration systems are at our fingertips; | | | | drinkable. |
| all just waiting to improve our lives. | | | | By taking the salt out of water, vast amounts |
| When a person hops in the shower, the first thing | | | | more of the Earth's reserves are now accessible. |
| they think about shouldn't be how clean the water | | | | For millions at risk of drought around the world, |
| cascading over them is. Shower filtration comes in | | | | this is something that as costs come down could |
| a few different techniques for soft and hard | | | | really make a positive difference to society at |
| filtration, charcoal filtration, multistage filters, and | | | | large. As global population increases too, the |
| even heap filters are available. With cleaner | | | | benefits it could potentially bring are vast. |
| washing H2O being great for the skin, and general | | | | Without high standards for water quality our |
| health, it seems silly not to use them. | | | | existence as a human population is put into |
| People put such an emphasis on clean household | | | | jeopardy. Quite simply, we can live for many |
| water, that some even have it delivered in large | | | | days without food, but without clean H2O people |
| plastic bottles. This is a waste of not just money, | | | | run the chance of death in just a few days from |
| but also energy use and so on. Options for | | | | dehydration. With all the choices that are |
| household filtration range from items you can | | | | accessible there is no reason for people to be |
| stick in the fridge to house wide systems and | | | | drinking contaminated supplies. That there are still |
| individual faucet fittings. The savings are incredible | | | | millions not even have this basic necessity is |
| across the board, and are not hard to find and | | | | worrying, and something that if gotten rid of, |
| are easy to install and have up and running in next | | | | would improve society so very much. |