Drinkable Books may be the answer to solving the worldwide epidemic unsanitary drinking water in many developing countries.
Social creativity agency DDB New York and charity campaigners WATERisLIFE have developed an efficient manual with a dual purpose of spreading both knowledge and fresh water. The Drinkable Book serves as an information manual that teaches those at risk for drinking unsanitary water the dangers of water-borne illnesses, while the physical book itself is a tool to kill said diseases. Each page provides a fact that outlines the dangers and risks associated with popular water diseases in many developing nations, such as E.Coli and cholera. But the nanoparticles is where it gets cool. A reader rips along the edge of a page, inserts the page into the book's packaging (a 3D box case) and pours contaminated water over the sheet. The nanoparticles act as a coffee filter by killing any trace of waterborne disease, resulting in fresh, drinkable water that is 99.9% comparable to the water quality in the West. A single Drinkable Book provides fresh water for one person for four years. If cost effective, the Drinkable Book could be the sanitary solution that transforms communities through both education and innovation.
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