Newly Discovered PRIMITIVE WATER FILTER! 100% Effective

According to the CDC, waterborne disease killed over six thousand people last year in the US alone. Waterborne pathogens such as e. coli, cryptosporidium, and giardia are prevalent in many surface water sources. There are several primitive methods for water purification including surface wells (gypsy well), boiling, and other primitive water filters which utilize some combination of course substrate, plant materials, and charcoal. I recently found a research article from MIT (link below) that showed the xylem tissue of gymnosperms effectively filtered out all bacteria from contaminated water. In this video I set up a filter using those findings but also, using a never before seen method using grape vines as both a siphon and filter in one. A lab analysis confirmed the presence of e. coli bacteria in the water to be filtered. The water that passed through the grape vines had no detectable e. coli bacteria! You can't do any better than that with the best whole house water filter. This has practical uses in backpacking, survival situations, wilderness living, camping, etc.

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[evilgenius]

When I show this to my friends and they ask where I learned it. I'm going to say "I heard it through the grapevine"

[codybrooks]

THIS IS SURVIVAL INFO...not what 95% of people post, which is just how to buy something and use it.
EXCELLENT JOB SIR!!!

[Gee-Man-Adventures]

This is one of the most important survival videos in the last ten years. Bravo, absolute genius.

[HeedTheLorax]

What ? No like begging, no sales pitch for the ultimate survival knife! Just kick ass information given in an accessible fashion. Thank You !

[Besmertnic]

My grandfather taught me this, the trick it keeping the edge of the vine cut fresh, if it dries up it stops, just retrim the end and it starts going again. He lived in SW Florida, born in 1910, fisherman by trade.

[lucaseverets]

I’ve worked in the water industry for over 20 years and I’m quite familiar with water testing. This was a very well put together very accurately explained video. It’s hard to find good solid information on sometimes. Well done.

[xionix]

Every time I think there's still a piece of modern technology that I should bring, there's something in nature that can replace it in a pinch.

[MrTonybonez]

Water lab guy here, and I love this video! MPN stands for Most Probable Number, basically how many colonies of the tested bacteria that are expected to thrive after 24 hours of incubation with no additives. E. Coli is a great "indicator" to test for. The other common one would be Enterococci, which is the actual one we test for in my lab because that's the one that will have a greater negative affect your health, and is most likely to cause disease.

Now I want to try this and test in my lab!

[alexandergibson]

My son and I watched this, and he wants to make a variation of this for his science fair project for next year. Very cool demonstration.

[Nimrawid]

Sending the samples to the lab was the extra step that made the vid great!

[boglurker]

Great way to “generate” water while you’re away from camp doing other things. Knowing you’ve got clean water waiting for you when you get back is a big mood booster.

[razony]

Remarkable video. I'm 65 and just learned something new... again.

[ramonbezerra]

There's a surviving technique here in Brazil: we actually drink from a vine called "cipó d'água" (Doliocarpus rolandri). They literally dip water when cut. Safe water and plenty of it.

Just as a curiosity, here in Brazil a lot of people, including myself, use clay filters. They were invented here by portuguese and italian immigrants in the beggining of the 20th century. It's considered one of the best filters in the world. And when you use them with the clay container as well (as tradition) the water comes out in a very pleasant temperature and with this quite distinct mineral taste. It's just awesome how simple materials and creativity people can solve such complicated problems.

Excelent video, man! I enjoyed it very much.

[zeddybear]

I read a study some years ago done outside of Chicago along the lakeshore using willow trees. Willow trees are particularly good at removing contaminants and the study was done for the purposes of removing toxins from land. Both the soil surrounding the trees and the tree leaves were tested with no contaminants found. The tree roots were also forced to go deeper using tubing. Pretty exceptional stuff - there are so many uses for plants in camp settings. Thanks for sharing this vid, this is very useful.

[jamesmaxdavissands]

HANDS DOWN - This is the most important video I have ever seen . . . There isn't even a close second. We salute you Sir!

[Mr.Deko]

I somewhat knew that there are natural water filters readily available in nature, but I had no information about it. You made it look simple and proved again that everything is connected and has a purpose. Thank you for sharing and educating.

***Super important part of your presentation: We need to learn to identify the vines being used.***

[ctandsonsoutdoors]

I appreciate you stopping and chatting with my sons and I at the hardware store today. It really made their day👍

[snakeace]

The fact that this is easily scalable and only requires time is freaking genius. Make 20 of these and you can filter enough water for a family. Great stuff!

[Steve-sffv]

Viruses wouldn’t be an issue if you cook the water for a while after filtering. This is probably one of the best survival videos I’ve seen, thank you

[Couldhavebeensomeone]

Water processing plants use cattails, totora, water hyacinth, and duckweed, which can almost completely separate water from sewage and sediment. Add the right plants, rock, and sand, you can turn muck into a pure well/aquifer