The Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama is testing a device intended to create drinkable water for astronauts. If tests prove successful, it may solve some water problems in Iraq. The new device recycles astronauts' sweat, respiration and even urine into drinking water purer than any found in a tap.
According to <i>The AP</I>, during April, Nevada-based investment firm Crestridge plans to break ground on the first manufacturing plant for the Earth-based water processing devices. By September, it hopes to send truck and trailer-mounted units to Iraq.
It should be mentioned that many wells in Iraq have been contaminated by dead animals dumped during the Baath regime.
