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This Ingenious Machine Turns Feces Into Drinking Water

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This Ingenious Machine Turns Feces Into Drinking Water Empty This Ingenious Machine Turns Feces Into Drinking Water

Post  Guest Wed Jan 07, 2015 4:03 pm

I watched the piles of feces go up the conveyer belt and drop into a large bin. They made their way through the machine, getting boiled and treated. A few minutes later I took a long taste of the end result: a glass of delicious drinking water.
The occasion was a tour of a facility that burns human waste and produces water and electricity (plus a little ash). I have visited lots of similar sites, like power plants and paper mills, so when I heard about this one—it’s part of the Gates Foundation’s effort to improve sanitation in poor countries—I was eager to check it out.
The water tasted as good as any I’ve had out of a bottle. And having studied the engineering behind it, I would happily drink it every day. It’s that safe.


http://www.gatesnotes.com/Development/Omniprocessor-From-Poop-to-Potable


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