| Below, you will find some interesting factoids and an | | | | have water sanitation facilities. |
| important safety tip regarding ceramic drinking water | | | | When you vitrify, or change into glass, a piece of |
| filter use. | | | | clay in a kiln, you are actually chemically altering that |
| Any material -- such as the silver in a ceramic water | | | | clay so that its molecules will now allow water to |
| filter -- that acts to kill bacteria and other | | | | pass through it while at the same time blocking |
| microorganisms is called a biocide. (The word "biocide" | | | | potentially-harmful microbes. |
| is similar in meaning to the word "pesticide.") | | | | Finally, here is one useful tip to remember when |
| Some ceramic water include cores of activated | | | | dealing with any kind of filtering receptacle... |
| carbon inside the filter cartridges themselves. These | | | | Remember not to touch the inside of the receptacle |
| cores help to keep metallic contaminants out of your | | | | that holds your clean drinking water after it has |
| drinking water. | | | | passed through the ceramic filter, and don't put any |
| Some experts who are working to spread access to | | | | dirty water or any other materials in there, either. If |
| safe drinking water in impoverished and developing | | | | the inside of this container does come into contact |
| nations see portable ceramic water filters as | | | | with any possible contaminants, be sure to sterilize it |
| important tools in their mission. For instance, the | | | | right away, or else you are defeating the purpose of |
| advocacy group Potters for Peace promotes the | | | | owning a water filter. |
| widespread use of ceramic filters in areas that don't | | | | |