L’Eau Notes

Getting sick because of non-potable drinking water while traveling is never fun. Reduce your risk while keeping yourself hydrated by bringing one of these five filtering water bottles.

LIFESTRAW

GO Series Stainless Steel

LifeStraw is the company most known for its ultra-portable filtering straws that allow you to literally drink straight from the source.

Its latest offering is a line of BPA-free and stainless steel water bottles outfitted with an advanced two-stage filter. This improves taste and protects against bacteria, parasites, microplastics, chlorine, silt, sand, and cloudiness.

The stainless steel models have a double-wall vacuum insulation to keep the water cold all day.

PLATYPUS

QuickDraw Microfilter System

This water filter comes with a hollow fiber filtering cartridge and a one-liter reservoir for the water. This allows you to either drink the clean water straight or fill up other bottles (including Platypus’s high-capacity Water Tank) at a rate of about three liters per minute.

The microfilter is tested to ensure it meets all EPA and NSF guidelines for the removal of 99.9999 percent of bacteria and 99.9 percent of protozoa, including Giardia, Cryptosporidium, E. coli, Salmonella and Cholera.

BOTTLEPRO

Marley Designed Reusable Water Bottle

The design of this filtering water bottle is the work of Rohan Marley, an entrepreneur with roots in Jamaica. It’s a joint mission with Tapp Water to reduce plastic consumption and waste by eliminating the need for bottled water.

It filters 100-plus unwanted substances including 99.999 percent bacteria and viruses and reduces chlorine, heavy metals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and more.

The double-layer 18/8 stainless steel keeps the water cold for 24 hours.

Smart Knowledge

Some advanced intel is always a good idea before you even leave for your destination. Take the collective advice of these three websites with you as you fill up your water bottle.

Can You Drink the Water?

This website was created by Pascal Helfenstein, a Swiss software developer. Getting the answer you need is as simple as searching for the country, and it will tell you, in big bold letters, “Yes” or “No.”

Although it’s very general—it doesn’t go into granular detail—it’s a good place to start.

Can You Drink the Water In? Blog

As the name suggests, this blog looks at available city data in order to answer the question of water potability. Most major destinations—Boston, Madrid, Amsterdam—already have an entry, and the blog continues to be updated with more locations.

Is Water Safe to Drink In?

This website collects data from four sources: Lonely Planet, the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Numbeo, and presents the numbers in an easy-to-read format.

KATADYN

BeFree Water Filtration System

A favorite of campers and hikers, this collapsible water filtration system removes harmful organisms like bacteria and protozoa (like Giardia and Cryptosporidium), which surpasses EPA standards.

The filter can be used to clean up to 1000 liters of water without using chemicals or other devices.

PHILIPS

GoZero UV Self-Cleaning Smart Water Bottle

This water bottle takes on a different approach to making questionable water drinkable: it eliminates up to 99.999 percent of waterborne pathogens by sterilizing them with UV-C light.

The same technology also keeps the interior of your bottle clean by disinfecting automatically every two hours.

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