LIFESAVER^® jerrycan

LIFESAVER jerrycan

Like the bottle, the LIFESAVER jerrycan uses a highly advanced ultra filtration system, originally developed for industrial applications.  It will remove bacteria, viruses, cysts, parasites, fungi and all other microbiological waterborne pathogens.  It does all this without the aid of any foul tasting chemicals like iodine which is a banned substance within the EU.  The jerrycan holds 18.5 litres (approx 5 gallons) and can process up to 20,000 litres of water.  There are 2 consumer versions, a military and an AID version.

LIFESAVER jerrycan is the ideal solution for the provision of water in humanitarian disasters like the Haiti Earthquake and Typhoon Ketsana that caused flooding in the Philippines.  ‘LIFESAVER jerrycan AID’ will process up to 15,000 litres of clean sterile drinking water.

Dirty water is the number one killer of children in the developing world.  But it is not the lack of water that threatens lives in Haiti, it’s the lack of clean drinking water, and aid agencies and governments are in danger of looking at the issue in the wrong way.

There have been riots on the streets already with people fighting over bottles of water. The solution is not to ship millions of bottles of water; but to be able to use the water that’s already there and turn it into water people can drink.

It was precisely for situations such as this that Michael Pritchard invented LIFESAVER in 2007, and why the product is used by the British Army (among others) in situations where access to clean drinking water is a problem.  It is a simple device that turns filthy water into safe, sterile water to drink – no matter how badly contaminated it was in the first place.

Children need at least 2 litres of water each day to survive.  One LIFESAVER jerrycan can produce 20,000 litres of drinking water.  This means that one jerrycan can provide enough safe drinking water for a family of 4 for up to 5 years.

Then there is the issue of weight.  Transporting a pallet of 50 Jerrycans is the equivalent of transporting 1 million litres of bottled water.  The difference is the pallet of jerrycans weighs 200 kilos and the water weighs 1 million kilos.  You would need 14 Boeing C-17 Transport planes to ship that amount of bottled water.

LIFESAVER systems has been working in Haiti with the International Aid Agency Operation Blessing.  Our Haiti Project is a collaboration with Operation Blessing to distribute LIFESAVER's portable, family-size water filtration jerrycans to villages lacking clean water sources.  These innovative jerrycans are able to provide clean drinking water from even the dirtiest of sources.  Operation Blessing’s international field staff have used the LIFESAVER technology for two years with 100 percent success.

 

Travellers

Whether you are travelling across the deserts of Africa, off-roading in the rain forest or simply camping, fishing or caravanning, the LIFESAVER jerrycan is the ideal way to provide you and your fellow travellers with safe sterile drinking water.  The LIFESAVER jerrycan 10000 will process 10,000 litres of clean sterile drinking water.

Think of the space that you would save by carrying a LIFESAVER jerrycan, space that can be used for extras such as clothes, equipment or medicine.  It means that you can travel lighter!

Emergency Preparedness

Disasters can strike at any moment.  Flooding, Hurricanes, Earthquakes and many others.  Being prepared with the LIFESAVER jerrycan will mean people will be able to process their own drinking water without relying on others.  In all disasters it is the first few days and weeks where the authorities struggle to provide even the basics.  Having a LIFESAVER jerrycan in your emergency store means you can protect yourself and your family by providing clean drinking water.  If your family used 25 litres a day during the crisis, a LIFESAVER jerrycan 10000 would last well over 1 year.  Think how much water you would have to store to do that. (Answer 10 tonnes!)

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