Mission Filter

The simple and inexpensive Mission Filter purification system can supply a family of five to ten with potable water. The unit consists of a pair of 5-gallon buckets, lids, filters and fittings. To destroy disease-causing organisms, contaminated water is mixed with household chlorine bleach in the top bucket. It then passes through activated charcoal and polypropylene filters. Safe-to-drink water is dispensed through a spigot on the bottom bucket.

Sold for about $50 by Eagle Spring Drinking Water Systems of Holly Hill, Fla., the Mission Filter is designed for disaster relief areas as well as a household emergency system. More than 35,000 units have been distributed by church and relief groups.

Eagle Spring Filtration, Inc., 1050 North Beach Street, Holly Hill, FL 32117. Tel: 904-239-7620; Fax: 904-239-7615.