In winter, water is often foremost on our minds for all the wrong reasons, but one of the most amazing things about living in Raincouver is our ability to turn on the tap and drink deeply.
Bradley Pierik completed a Masters degree in chemical engineering at UBC, and spent seven years developing, testing, and implementing water technologies in places such as Ethiopia, Haiti, and the Philippines, witnessing firsthand how 50 per cent of the worlds hospitalizations can come from easily preventable water-born disease.
His Vancouver-based company, Twothirds Water, has developed a beautiful, minimalist handheld system that makes filtering water a snap. Created for the most difficult circumstances in the world international development and disaster response the user-friendly Tapp can make any water drinkable while flowing it into water bottles, bags, hoses, buckets etc, whether youre an international traveller, a back-country hiker, or just want to be ready for emergencies.
And for every supporter who purchased a Tapp through their December indiegogo fundraiser campaign, Twothirds Water is giving one to someone in a developing nation.
Contributions are now closed, but they are still looking for business and charity partnerships to distribute Tapp in the coming months.
Head to Twothirdswater for contact info and watch the making-of video.
