Documents referenced during our research. Follow these links below.
Filtration and Water:
https://etrlabs.com/key-differences-between-water-filtration-and-purification-explained/
https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/emergency-disinfection-drinking-water
https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/travel/backcountry_water_treatment.html
https://myhealth.alberta.ca/Alberta/Pages/Using-disinfectants-to-make-drinking-water-safe-when-you-cant-boil-it.aspx
https://www.watertreatmentguide.com/activated_carbon_filtration.htm
Using Flocculant:
https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/global/household-water-treatment/flocculant-filtration.html
Filter Media PDFs:
Katalox-Light Filtration Media PDF
MetSorb Arsenic & Heavy Metal Reduction Media PDF
Calgon Carbon Activated F-400 Charcoal PDF
Cleaning Water Filtration Media using Sodium Hydroxide:
https://www.dutchessny.gov/Departments/DBCH/Docs/Filter-Media.pdf
https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaqs/tfacts178.pdf
Copper Mesh Filtration:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3623184/
Hygiene and Disinfecting:
Battery waste:
https://cen.acs.org/materials/energy-storage/time-serious-recycling-lithium/97/i28
https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/features/lithium-ion-battery-environmental-impact/
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/lithium-batteries-environment-impact
Battery safety information from major US distributors.
Liion Wholesale Battery Warnings (scroll to “BATTERY WARNINGS” toward the bottom of page)