According to the Global Water organization, less than 50% of the world’s population has access to safe drinking water. Ironically, those who don’t have access to safe drinking water may have better access to bicycles. These two facts are what make the CycoClean such a great idea.
The CycoClean is a bicycle which is capable of cleaning water from nearly any source using pedal power. Adding to the usefulness of the bicycle is its durability thanks to non-puncture tires, redundancies, and the ability to use it as just a water pump when the filters expire.
Once a rider finds a water source they simply lower the supplied hose into it and put the bike up on its stand. With the rear wheel off the ground the bicycle turns into a water cleaning station. As the rider pumps the pedals, water is brought into the system and cleansed through a micro-filtration membrane before it is stored in a container of the rider’s choice.
The CycloClean is capable of filtering three tons of water in ten hours (1.3 gallons every minute). Of course, you have to remember you need to have a rider that whole time, so a team of people on hand is recommended.
This innovative bike is made by Japanese company Nippon Basic and costs $6,650, so you are not going to have your average person picking one up. Still, over the last five years 200 of the bikes have been produced.
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