Back in 2010 I spent almost a month in Pakistan assisting the relief operation following their devastating floods. The single biggest threat to life were not the rising waters, from which, tragically around 2,000 people died, it was the further 20,000 fatalities from waterborne contaminants, from bacterial and viral diseases to chemical pollutants and toxin from factories and warehouses which had been flooded.
Even though the waters were mostly not that deep and most certainly not fast flowing, we travelled everywhere locally using inflatable rigs which when alighting back at our base we rinsed our suits in running water then disinfectant.
When the flood waters in southern England and Wales rose they must have brought with them raw sewage. I don’t know the recorded incidence of disease from waterborne disease from this flooding and if, as I suspect it is low, why this is the case.
Krenaud, I, like Oakleaf, have not come across Drinksafe Systems product before, it looks good, how would you rate it marks out of 10?
