Rod (left, holding child) and Ingrid (far right) McCarroll of Alberta, shown here in central Mexico, have traveled the world helping to bring a cheap and effective water filtration system to many ...

Non-profit organization OHorizons recently created an innovative BioSand Filter that can deliver clean water at 1/10th of the cost of traditional methods. The filter hinges upon an open-source Wood ...

SPRING LAKE, Mich., March 19, 2007 – Leading humanitarian health care agency, International Aid, today announced a major safe water initiative that will help address the growing health crisis caused ...

The new filter weighs about 15 pounds, compared to about 300 pounds for the concrete filters. “We didn’t use the lightweight filters in our research,” Sobsey said, “but we’re happy to know companies ...

Slow sand filtration remains a cornerstone of sustainable water treatment, harnessing both physical and biological processes to improve water quality. Central to this method is the development of a ...

Triple Quest today announced that its alliance with Grand Rapids, Mich.-based NGO Global Sustainable Partnerships, Inc. (GSP) has enabled the distribution of an initial 30 Hydraid® BioSand filters in ...

Highland Middle School students will spend the entire school year raising money to provide clean drinking water thousands of miles away in Guinea, West Africa. "This is the age when kids start ...

It’s difficult to fathom that 10% of the global population still does not have consistent access to potable drinking water in 2016. Often, basic lack of infrastructure and capital constraints have ...

Stockholm, August 27, 2012 – Reed Elsevier, a world leading provider of professional information solutions, today announced the winners of the Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge which awards ...

AMESBURY — An Amesbury resident studying at the University of Maine has won a $10,000 grant for his research on water filters and will travel to Honduras in June to help bring clean water to an ...