Solar-Powered Portable Water System for Remote and Local Use

People who travel to remote areas of the world often have a problem in that they aren't able to find the clean, fresh drinking water their bodies need. You can never tell what kind of contaminants will be found in streams, rivers, and lakes, and in areas where there is no electricity, it's difficult to boil water to disinfect it. These are situations in which a solar-powered portable water system will prove invaluable. These miniature, self-contained units fit into a briefcase-sized bag so that they can be taken anywhere. Smaller solar-powered units can produce as much as 1 gallon of sanitized water per minute. Larger units can clean as many as 500 gallons per day. With one of these systems you'll be able to have plenty of clean water available no matter where you go.

Portable water purification systems operate on the same principle as leaving a container of water to evaporate in the sun. Within the system, the water evaporates leaving the contaminants in the bottom of the unit. Then, the vapor is allowed to condense on a cool surface and drain into a container. The debris is left behind, and only the clean water moves on. You can even build your own solar distiller if you want in order to make the process more cost effective. Using the power of the sun to speed up the evaporation process, there are no energy costs involved in purifying water this way.

There is a lot of concern in the world today about the supply of drinking water. For many years Americans never gave a second thought to how safe their tap water really was. To them, the problem of unsafe water was something that only happened in underdeveloped nations. However, the news media has brought numerous potential problems to the attention of the American people, and many of them  have become concerned about the cleanliness of the water their families are drinking. Bottled water became very popular for this very reason; however, scientists have determined that most bottled water isn't any different than the water you get from your tap, and bottled water is expensive. Therefore, people are opting to buy solar-powered portable water systems they can use to ensure themselves of their water's safety.