Image 3 of 3 from Pedal power delivers clean water to the developing world

Aquaduct inventors Adam Mack, Brian Mason, John Lai, Paul Silberschatz and Eleanor Morgan

April 9, 2008 A staggering 1.1 billion people worldwide lack access to clean drinking water, with an estimated 5,000 children per day dying from water-related diseases. In response to this global crisis, a group of inventors from the US developed the innovative and highly commendable Aquaduct Mobile Filtration Vehicle - a tricycle which uses pedal power to both transport and filter clean drinking water.