New SafeSIPP device could save time and lives.
Water is crucial for survival. It’s recommended to stockpile a gallon of water per person per day for drinking, plus another one-half gallon per day for sanitary purposes, in case of emergency. That’s challenging enough for a family living in an average-sized house. But what if you have to bug out? Water is extremely heavy, and even if you have plenty stockpiled, it’s going to be a huge undertaking to carry it with you.
Solving this problem was one of the goals for a group of engineering students at Arizona State University in Tempe. They developed SafeSIPP, a water transportation and purification system. “SIPP” stands for Sustainable Innovative Portable Purification.
The handle on this heavy-duty plastic barrel that holds 30 gallons of water enables a person to transport it easily, saving approximately 75 percent of the time that otherwise would have been spent transporting the water. Most important, a patent-pending filtration system cleans the water as it’s being rolled from one location to another.
While a vast majority of the water in the U.S. is still clean and safe to drink, such is not the case in many developing countries. Unsafe drinking water contributes to 88 percent of diarrhea cases worldwide, which end up killing more than 2 million children per year.
According to the group Charity:Water, people in Africa spend 40 billion hours every year walking for water. As soon as a girl becomes old enough to carry 40 pounds of water, she is forced to spend much of her time every day collecting water instead of learning in school.
The main focus of the SafeSIPP is helping people in developing countries transport and purify water efficiently, but I could see this product being used by people in the U.S. who need to bug out. Does your emergency evacuation plan include a way to transport some or all of the water you’ve stockpiled? Please take a moment to let me know.
Do you realize that 30 gallons of water weigh about 250 lbs? Who can carry that in a bug-out situation? Who can carry that in any situation?
I think that’s a “typo”. I think the author meant 3 gallons. And you’re right, 30 gallons is certainly not portable at least not by me!
This is one video I’ll watch!!! Tee hee
I wanted to check how much the safesip cost as they have them on sale at woot site. It would be nice if you had a store site for members. I didn’t want to look at video again to see how much it cost or if wanted to purchase. Sometime I just get bored watching the videos when I just want to read the bottom line.
I do not sell the SafeSIPP (just thought it was a cool idea) but you can always call customer service to talk about what we’ve got and our best prices without having to muck with videos. I’m working on a catalog for ya’ll, I promise. In the meantime: 1-(800) 304-4202
Another thing I like about Frank’s ads is the price is always visible and not hidden somewhere in the biggest paragraph. And some ads make it so you don’t see the price until you hit the “Add To Cart” button. Thanks, Frank.
What GREAT ideas! These are actually very doable! If you have more ideas, I’d love to hear about them. You have a nice personality when you write also.
Lots of good ideas here, Feank, but I would love to see sone way to de-salt seawater. I live on the Caribbean coast in southern Mexico and would like to be able to use the sea as my safe water source in the event of an emergency or other catastrophic event. Any ideas or infornation would be appreciated.
Honestly, for areas like yours, I like condensers that pull water from the air, rather than desalinate water. Desalination machines always get gummed up with salt (no surprise).
Where do you buy these condensers that pull water out of the air and how costly are they? Do they purify the water so it is safe to drink?
A condenser, as in dehumidifier … the condensate from the air is just water, although you may have to be concerned that the tubing used to condense the water in is not made of toxic materials.
The easiest/best way would be to get a tabletop distiller. It would require electric, however, you could purchase or fashion a stovetop distiller (which could be used over fire, too).
Another approach with salt water is reverse osmosis. You can buy or make these units, too.
To Make a SafeSIPPER:
…Hook two detachable SafeSIPP together add a lightweight detachable wide seat and two sets of detachable pedals to facilitate filling and/or serving two families or one large. Would work well on flatter unwooded terrain. You’d have to Zig-Zag up a hill or risk a quick trip down with straining leg muscles. Call it the Safe Sustainable Innovative Portable Purification Ergonomic Rider (ErgoRide)?
…Add a set of paddles inside a second SIPPER, (like a ship in a bottle), soiled clothes and environmentally safe “soap”, and the clothes could be washed with a few turns around the yard in the “front loader” (sorry, couldn’t resist) and rinsed in the … other container… Call it the Side by Side?
…How about a ComposteRider? You could ride right up to the kitchen back door collect the organic refuse, and ride it back to the garden area to add the other soil building accoutrements.
(oh, don’t get me started…)
HUH??
I get it!! awesome idea!