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LifeStraw® Portable, Instant Microbiological,
Personal, Water
Purifier
The Lifestraw is a
point-of-use personal water filter that removes 99.9999% of all bacteria, 99.99%
of all viruses, and 99.9% of all parasites that cause waterborne disease and
diarrhoea.
Portable, Personal Water
Purifier
1.) LifeStraw® Personal is a portable water purifier for
prevention of common diarrhoeal disease – can be carried around for easy access
to safe and clean drinking water.
2.) LifeStraw® Family is an instant microbiological water purifier with a high
flow rate, efficacy as per US EPA standards and
longevity of more than 15,000 litres.
 
Drinking Water Crisis
- More than one billion people in the world do not have access to safe
drinking water - i.e. around 1/6th of the world's population. (Source:
Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council)
- The average distance that women in Africa and Asia walk to collect
water is 6 km.
(Source: Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council)
- The average weight of water that women in Africa and Asia carry on
their heads can be anything up to 20kg - the equivalent of your airport
luggage allowance.
(Source: Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council)
- The average weight of water that women in Africa and Asia carry on
their heads can be anything up to 20kg - the equivalent of your airport
luggage allowance.
(Source: Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council)
- Diarrhoea kills over 1.8 million people per year and chronic diarrhoea
is a leading killer of people with AIDS.
(Source: World Health Organization)
- In Africa, diarrhoea is four times more common among children with HIV
and seven times more common among adults with HIV than their HIV-negative
household members.
(Source: Mermin J, et al)
- Diarrhoea affects up to 90% of HIV patients.
(Source: Bartlett JG, et al)
- Diarrhoea is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among
HIV-infected children.
(Source: PEPFAR)
- "In a study among HIV-infected persons in Uganda, use of safe water
decreased diarrhoeal illness by 36 percent".
(The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief)
Did You Know?
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LifeStraw® Personal has
been referred to as 'One of the Ten Things that will Change the Way We Live´
by Forbes Magazine
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LifeStraw® Family
delivers water as per EPA
guidelines for microbiological water purifiers
- "LifeStraw is a very simple and elegant solution
to a problem that kills millions of people. Let's get it out there," commented
musician and humanitarian Peter Gabriel.
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February 2008,
LifeStraw Personal receives the Saatchi & Saatchi Award for World Changing
Ideas in New York.
- LifeStraw Personal and LifeStraw Family are
both point-of-use water filters - truly unique offerings from Vestergaard
Frandsen that address the concerns for affordably obtaining safe drinking
water at home and outside.
LifeStraw® Personal - Product Features
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Offers easy access to safe
drinking water away from home.
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Filters a minimum of 700 litres
of water
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Kills and removes 99.999% of
waterborne bacteria.
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Kills and removes 99% of
waterborne viruses
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Removes particles down to 15
microns.
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Requires no electrical power or
spare parts for the life time of the straw
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Easy to mass-distribute in
areas where drinking water is contaminated
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LifeStraw®
Personal - User Instructions
LifeStraw® Personal - Specifications
LifeStraw® personal is a registered trademark of Vestergaard S.A. Switzerland.
The Company reserves the right to make alterations or additions to the above
information each time the product is upgraded.
LifeStraw Family Product Features
- Sadly, Out Of Stock
 
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Empowering people with homemade
drinking water.
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Filters a minimum of 15,000
litres of water - provides safe drinking water for a family for more
than 2 years (calculated approximately on a family's consumption of 20 litres
water/day)
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Has a high flow rate.
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Removes minimum 99.9999% of all
bacteria.
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Removes minimum 99.99% of all
viruses
Removes minimum 99.9% of all parasites.
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Works even on highly turbid
water.
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Complies with
EPA guidelines for microbiological water
purifiers
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No electrical power or
batteries required.
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No spare parts required for the
lifetime of the product.
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No running water required.
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Easy-to-clean pre-filter as
well as purifier cartridge.
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Easy-to-ship, carry and store.
LifeStraw® Family
- User instructions
Prices: All prices in South African Rands;
ex VAT and ex-factory. - OUT OF STOCK-
LifeStraw®Personal:
R **.00 each
LifeStraw®Family:
R ***.00 each
Prices are volume related
For a free consultation regarding your
needs please fill in your contact and enquiry details in an email and send to
Click Here:
gary@simkul.co.za
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