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SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah team hopes to streamline your water purification needs.
Those who use water filters are likely familiar with the limitations most systems face. While there are a lot of filters great for one type of contamination or another, there aren’t many options that can catch everything. The Salt Lake City team behind the MUV Adaptable Water Filter hopes to change that.
“The concept in and of itself is to have a single water filter that you can adapt to any situation that you come across,” said Renovo Water marketing manager Kirk Sample.
Their solution is a modular water filter system that can be adapted by combining activated carbon, hollow fiber and nanlum sections as needed. Each type of filter targets a different type of contaminant and can be replaced independently.
The system could potentially be used with water bottles and hydration packs, in addition to being employed as a straw, gravity system, pump or threaded bottle, according to Renovo Water. The MUV system launched on Kickstarter May 24 and surpassed its $30,000 goal within 72 hours.
Dan Beck, the owner of the company, has been in the water filter business for about six years. He started researching the topic as a hobby, but ended up partnering with another company to develop a standalone filter, according to Sample. Eventually, his efforts evolved into the MUV.
“Where (MUV) really does shine is for people who are a little more versatile than (just backpacking), whether you’re traveling internationally and then backpacking on the weekends and then out skiing or fishing or something like that,” Sample said. “These are the people who we are really targeting and not just the people who do one main thing.”
So far, Renovo Water doesn’t have a physical working prototype, but Sample said they have been working with 3-D models and have everything ready for their manufacturers once they receive Kickstarter’s funding. The team is aiming to have the product out in time for Christmas.
MUV has been especially popular with survivalists and people who are putting together 72-hour kits, according to Sample.
“They just know that no matter the situation, their water needs to be taken care of,” he said. “There’s virtually nothing out there, minus extreme nuclear waste and like seawater, that this filter won’t filter.”
