The Survival Bag
“Any Ditch will do”
This product has been devised as a first response device for individuals, family and neighbourhood groups in refugee camps, during civil emergencies following earthquakes and flooding or in remote locations.
The Survival Bag is capable of treating 9000 litres of microbiologically contaminated water to provide clean clear safeguarded water for use.
World Wide Water Ltd is fortunate to have been granted the right to use this innovative technology by Water Security Corporation. MCV® and Iodosorb® are Space Certified Technologies and Water Security Corporation is a member of the Space Technology Hall of Fame.
The major components of the technology are MCV® and Iodosorb®, the iodinated resin and iodine scrubber technologies.
Water Security Corporation www.watseco.com is commercializing the water purification technology package originally developed for use in the NASA Manned Space Program. The technology utilizes a proprietary iodinated resin and iodine scrubber to effectively kill pathogenic organisms, such as bacteria and viruses. This technology has been used for water purification on all Space Shuttles and is being incorporated into a water recycling system for the International Space Station.
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Emergency Water
Apart from oxygen, water is the most basic requirement for survival.
Following an earthquake, major flooding or any other disaster, clean safe drinking water is one of the most urgent necessities for survival.
When necessary the human body can survive many days without food, but only 3 to 5 days without water.
With electricity disrupted, water pumps may not be working in towns and cities.
Broken water and sewage pipes mean that water may be available but it will not be safe to drink or use.
Any water of dubious bacterial quality can be safeguarded by passing it through the Survival Bag.
How The Survival Bag Works
Contaminated, dirty, unsafe water is poured in the top opening of the bag and clean water flows out through the cartridge to deliver guaranteed bacterially safe water for use.
Water from any creek, stream, river, spring, stored rain water or taken from a hole in the road – literally “any ditch will do” and can be used to gain safe water for use.
Worms, Giardia and Cryptosporidium cysts, Salmonella, Campylobacter, E.coli and even Viruses are destroyed passing through the Survival Bag.
The Survival Bag has a I micron cloth filter bag that the water passes through within the PVC outer bag. The bag filter removes all cysts of Giardia and Cryptosporidium as well as sediment and organic material.
The inner cloth filter bag can be withdrawn from the outer bag by the attached loop and rinsed clean of accumulated organic matter to prolong the life of the unit.
The cleaner water then passes through an in-line cartridge that contains;
- Granular Activated Carbon – to reduce pesticides, herbicides and organic matter.
- MCV® * – an Iodinated resin developed for and used by NASA for the Space Platform.
- Iodosorb® * – iodine scavenging resin to remove iodine from the treated water.
- Carbon/KDF to remove last vestige of taste and odour and to reduce heavy metals
* These are both “Space Certified Technologies’ and used by NASA for water purification on all Space Shuttles.
Water Security Corp. has been inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame for their innovative work in water purification.
Scientifically proven (see Hill Laboratories’ testing protocol and test results) to safeguard grossly contaminated water – [250,000 E.coli per 100mls] and render it safe to drink with Nil bacteria, Nil cysts and 99.97% of all viruses destroyed.
Hill Labs Report and Results (pg 1) (pg 2)
Emergency Water Survival Requirements
The United Nations/World Health Organisation (UN/WHO) International Survival criteria recommend a minimum water requirement of 2 litres of water per person per day although 5 to 7 litres PP/PD is more ideal.
- The Survival Bag is gravity fed with the capacity to purify 15 litres every hour.
- The in-line cartridge has an estimated capacity of 9000 litres.
- One in-line cartridge fitted to the Survival Bag can supply 2 litres per day for 25 people for approximately 180 days – 6 months.
- One in-line cartridge fitted to the Survival Bag can supply 5 litres per day for 10 people for approximately 180 days – 6 months.
Each Survival Bag is packaged inside a strong high impact proof cylinder, just 120mm by 610mm, with a total weight of approximately 2 Kg.
The rugged tube serves several purposes;
- It can be safely dropped into water from an airlift operation in emergency deployments.
- Protects the device from damage between uses in adverse conditions.
- The cap can be used as a cup to receive the treated water and the larger tube as a container to bring water from a ditch, spring, stream or river, to the Survival Bag for purification.
The cord on the top of the bag has been designed to have multiple uses; it can be used as a tourniquet to stop bleeding, as part of a splint, or in many other emergency situations.
Assembly and Using the Survival Bag
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View the Assembly Instructions (pdf).
In an emergency or disaster situation, clean drinkable water is instantly available with The Survival Bag.
The components incorporated in the Survival Bag capped tube can only be assembled one way – correctly.
We are aware that under stressful conditions, people need everything in their favour so the assembly and operation has been made as easy as possible.
No tools are required or necessary.
The water flow into clean containers is controlled by an in-line tap on the tubing at the base of the Survival Bag.
Survival Bag/ Bottled Water Comparison
The Survival Bag weighs approximately 2 Kg and produces 9000 Litres of safeguarded water.
More than fifteen (15) pallets of bottled water weighing approximately 9375Kg (9.375 tonnes) are required to provide an equivalent volume of water.
Ten Survival Bags can provide over 90,000 Litres of safeguarded water.
One pallet of two hundred Survival Bags is capable of providing 1,800,000 (1.8 million) Litres of safeguarded water
Individual Survival Bags in the high impact cylinders have been successfully air dropped from 110 feet into water without damage or breakage – a great performance compared to small plastic bottles dropped in emergencies – many of which explode or are damaged on impact.
Mini Water Stations
Family or neighbourhood groups when provided with a Survival Bag and locally sourced jerry cans or other containers can return to their locality and become self sufficient in their water treatment requirements, using the local water available even when it is unsafe for use due to microbiological contamination.
This reduces the need for Aid workers and Security personnel and significantly reduces the fear, pressure, tension, crowding, violence and difficult conditions surrounding the distribution centres.
Only natural gravity is required to safeguard the water.
No energy, utensils or containers for boiling are required.
The purification capabilities, compact size and low cost of the Survival Bag makes it highly practical and ensures populations most fundamental needs for safe drinking water at times of natural disasters or civil emergencies
For Aid Applications
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RADIOACTIVE IODINE-131
Recent International News Release
Radioactive Iodine 131 reduction.
Following the nuclear reactor disaster in Japan in 2011 when radioactive Iodine 131 reached critical levels, we were asked if our Survival Bag would reduce this dangerous contaminant.
World Wide Water Ltd, New Zealand engaged the NZ National Radiation Laboratory in Christchurch, NZ, to conduct trials on the Survival Bag and other water treatment products developed by World Wide Water Ltd.
Extensive tests were conducted and proved to be extremely successful.
Reduction of Radioactive Iodine-131 using the Survival Bag was greater than 96%
The under bench double water filter unit dramatically reduces chlorine as well as the radioactive Iodine 131 delivering the safeguarded water from a separate dispensing faucet mounted on the kitchen bench top.
A range of “Point of Entry” units of varying capacities is also available for different sized apartments, houses and larger facilities.
Internationally there have been many organisations searching for a reliable solution for the reduction of radioactive Iodine 131 in water.
To date the American EPA recommends the a combination of Reverse Osmosis, ion exchange resins and activated carbon achieve the reduction
While this complex method may be successful, it is very expensive to set up and operate compared to the easily portable Survival Bag for emergency preparedness in homes, schools, civic centres and other public buildings.
Space Certification Program
The Space Foundation
Space Technology Hall of Fame