A significant amount of daily water consumption, especially amongst kids, takes place outside the home-walking long distances to and from school, kids often find it difficult to obtain potable drinking water. LifeStraw® has, therefore, been developed to provide an accessible, effective solution to the 'instant' need for safe water intervention.

Since humans have the natural ability to suck, both adults and children above three years can use LifeStraw®.

Simply dip LifeStraw® into a water source and suck on it to draw the purified liquid up.

At regular intervals, it is recommended to do 'backwashing' that can be done by blowing out some air through the LifeStraw®. This will clean the pre-filters of whatever sand, silt and debris that might have got deposited in the textile filters.

LifeStraw® does not remove complete turbidity from water; however, it removes the bacteria and viruses as well as undissolved particles down to the finest microns. If you need to consume turbid water, use LifeStraw® to drink only from the surface i.e. the top layer. Excessive intake of turbid water would clog the filters and therefore regular backwashing would be required.

LifeStraw® does not make saline water potable; however, it still removes the bacteria and viruses from the salty water.

On the main page of this website, there is link called “make a donation”. By clicking on this link, you will get a chance to donate LifeStraw® through various non-profit organisations.