Scientists Improve Water Filtration System to Fight E. Coli Bacterium

High school science fairs are the perfect opportunity for scientists to showcase their inventions, which are in most cases useful for people who want to improve their lifestyle, while manifesting their care towards eco-friendly values.

One ambitious project, coming from Oakland Park High School in Oakland Park, raised excitement among the participants from a science fair.

Students and researchers did their best to come up with an innovative water filtration system able to deal with the disaster relief in the tropics.

Their green efforts paid off, since the strategy benefited from a substantial financial support of $10,000 coming from inventors all around the world.

The main advantage of their findings is the fact that filters can be made out of materials one can easily find in the area: cotton, bamboo, sand or palm bark.

Such fabrics are used to manufacture filters that have the capacity of filtering 20 liters every hour. Afterwards, the water is stored in a tank that can retain up to 200 liters.

Researchers who invested time and energy in this project think that their invention will stop the evolution of diseases produced by E. coli, a bacterium that lives in the water.

"It can accommodate up to 50 people with drinking water (at a rate of four liters per person) as well as ten people with showers (at a rate of 20 liters per person) in any 15-hour period," stated the group of scientists, while highlighting the benefits provided by their invention.

Students and researchers from Lynden High School joined efforts to invent devices which would make life easier for the people with physical disabilities.

Their newest project is a gadget which will allow its potential buyers to move around town without any damaging effects upon the environment.

The invention is based on a innovative feature that allows the trike to lean up to 20 degrees, in order to keep its rider safe.

This new device might not be very affordable in the present, but scientists are doing their best to transform their invention into a cost-efficient product, available on a national scale.

Nowadays, only a small segment of individuals would probably afford to pay $700 to take home the innovative feature which can be applied to most of the recumbent bikes.