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Spinoff story
Fast-Flow Nanofiber Filters Purify Water at Home and in the Field
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
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Overview
Tom Smokoff, founder of Water Pure Technologies Inc. in Murray, Utah, wanted to build low-cost water filtration systems fast enough to efficiently supply whole villages. He found the NanoCeram filter, originally developed for Johnson Space Center, which quickly eliminates better than 99.9 percent of viruses and bacteria. Smokoff buys the NASA-created filters from licensed dealers and now sells portable, battery-operated or hand-cranked systems that can be packed up and brought to a water source.