Every survival kit needs this simple device that makes dirty water drinkable. Yes, this device will allow a camper or a stranded motorist to purify water that comes from the filthiest of nature’s swimming pools.

The inventions that are currently being developed are impressive to say the least. Yet, our daily lives are fraught with danger and at the end of the day, it’s difficult to find positive news. Our complicated lifestyles do not seem to be effective against today’s catastrophes around the world. Sometimes clean water can be an issue.

When there are earthquakes, tsunamis, and hurricanes, one of the most precious commodities necessary for life itself usually is scarce. And this is potable, safe, drinking water. With all of the technology at our fingertips, in the past we did not have a simple way of purifying water in troubled times.

Michael Pritchard, a businessman from Ipswich, England, changed that just a few years ago. He was a central figure that developed a bottle that could eliminate all microbiological waterborne pathogens from water without chemicals. Thus turning bad smelling dirty water into clean, drinkable water. He called his stellar product the LifeSaver bottle.

The idea originated from Dr. Zackary Kepes and Austin Castellano. Pritchard heard the idea and then later he presented a prototype to a group at a military exhibition in London, in the year 2007. His new idea became an instant success, selling out his entire stock within hours.

In 2009, Pritchard spoke at a TED seminar, providing an amazing demonstration to the crowd. He proved that the world could have access to clean drinking water, no matter the circumstances.

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has tested this product and the results found it to completely filter out all bacteria and viruses. So this bottle is completely safe to use. Well, it’s probably wise to stay away from the water near the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. But that’s the obvious.

“The LifeSaver bottle can be used to filter urine and will remove all microbiological contamination, however there will be an amount of dissolved salts that can not be removed. Metals such as iron, and salt from salt water cannot be removed effectively, either.”