Using simple 3 stage process, you can filter and clean your water
Stage One – Settling
- Leave the water in a bucket to settle overnight
- This will make all the insoluble solids sink to the bottom
- Then scrape off all the floating debris
- Pour the water into a clean container
Stage Two – Filtration
- Pour the settled water into the top of the filter (see other page for how to build a water filter)
- Pour the water through the filter until the water is as clear as possible or until when pouring it through again makes no improvement: this may take several goes
- Layer a funnel with three layers of thin cloth
- Put the funnel in a clear/non coloured plastic or glass bottle with a lid
- Collect the water from the filter in this bottle
Stage Three – Solar Disinfection
- Make sure the lid is on the bottle
- Leave the filled bottles for 6 hours on a sunny day or 48 hours on a cloudy day, on a clean surface in the sun
- The water is now drinkable, let the bottle cool
- Leave in a safe clean place until ready for drinking
