Compact system yields pure H20 for troops.

• Author: Williams, Robert H.
• Position: TECH TALK

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* HIT, a Virginia Beach, Va.-based company, is marketing a water purification system in a bottle that was conceived by inventor Michael Pritchard of the United Kingdom. Called, Lifesaver, the bottle relies on a proprietary filtration process that strips bacteria, fungi, parasites, microbiological pathogens from water without chemical additives.

According to the veteran-owned company, Lifesaver is able to filter out impurities...