Pure drinking water, the most sought after commodity on the planet, could soon be within reach of millions of people thanks to the ingenuity of Kiwi Russell Kelly, backed by space age technology developed for NASA.

His recently designed filter system can turn sewage-polluted water into drinking water. International patents and trademarks protect the various processes.

Having lived in Kashmir on the India/Pakistan border, and having travelled widely through Asia, Kelly and wife Sue set about inventing a simple filter system that was portable, required low maintenance and that could be operated by gravity, bicycle power or a generator.

“We have also had 17 years practical experience in the water treatment business in New Zealand which assisted us in developing the necessary technologies that were efficient, robust and practical, and in most cases did not require electricity to achieve the goal. We were always confident in our ability to come up with the appropriate solution to the problems and knew what was required, but it has taken a long time to get there,” he said.

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