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fastballtoday at 8:00 PM3 repliesview on HN

There is a company[1] in Indonesia that actually makes very nice versions of this tech.

[1] https://www.terrawaterindonesia.com/


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3eb7988a1663today at 9:31 PM

That ad claims it removes microplastics. I was led to believe there are few easy ways to accomplish such a thing. Is this a, "Well technically, we started at 100ug/mL and ended at 99.8ug/mL => reduction!" or is this a meaningful improvement in water quality? The pot looks to just be clay + charcoal + silver - which is not significantly different from other home water filtration systems.

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treetalkertoday at 9:02 PM

From https://www.terrawaterindonesia.com/the-filter:

> A single Terra filter purifies up to 42 liters of safe, pure drinking water a day, equivalent of 2 and a half plastic gallons.

Someone should tell them to check their math.

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comtoday at 8:29 PM

I may have had an early version of this at home in Indonesia as a kid. Given how close we were to both sea level and the equator, the fact that the water was cool, even when site power failed for days, was bliss!