Looking for an inexpensive and effective way to quickly improve the quality of your drinking water??!
According to a team of researchers from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, sunlight and a twist of lime might do the trick.
Researchers found that adding lime juice to water that is treated with a solar disinfection method removed detectable levels of harmful bacteria such as Escherichia coli (E. coli) significantly faster than solar disinfection alone.
"The preliminary results of this study show solar disinfection of water combined with citrus could be effective at greatly reducing E. coli levels in just 30 minutes,a treatment time on par with boiling and other household water treatment methods. In addition, the 30 milliliters of juice per 2 liters of water amounts to about one-half Persian lime per bottle,(a quantity that will not be prohibitively expensive or create an unpleasant flavor.
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