The History of Water Purification

By MiklePickle
  • 2000 BCE

    Boiling Water

    In India, (2000BCE circa) there is proof that they had invented Boiling Water by putting water into a pot and putting the pot into a fire to kill all of the germs.
  • 400 BCE

    Hippocratic Sleeve

    In Ancient Greece, an inventor named Hippocrates (400BCE circa) invented the Hippocratic Sleeve, by putting a cloth sleeve through which water was poured

  • Sand Filter

    In England Sir Francis Bacon (1627) invented a filter by digging a hole near the ocean using sand to get rid of the sea salt.

  • Jet Stream Filter

    In the U.S. scientists (1981) invented a fast filter that used strong jet streams of water to clean all of the water.

  • Chemical Water Purification

    In London, a man named John Snow (1998) experimented with water that contained an infection called cholera and a chemical called chlorine. The chlorine got rid of the infection and was used for water purification.

  • The Alkaline Ionizing Water Filter

    The Alkaline Ionizing Water filter (2012) is a product that people have in their homes. It uses electric powered layers to kill all of the bacteria.