This Machine Turns Poop Into Drinking Water, And Bill Gates Drinks It

Well…not exactly. Bill Gates, the
billionaire philanthropist who cofounded
Microsoft has been famously working on
many projects as part of the goals of
his foundation (the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation) which have included
a campaign to rid the world of polio
and education reform. He has recently
chosen to spread awareness about the
importance of clean drinking water and
to bring that water to developing
countries where it is scarce.
Gates recently shared a blog post
pertaining to a machine designed by
Peter Janicki, CEO of Janicki Energy,
called the Janicki Omniprocessor. It
uses sewer sludge to produce clean
water and to generate electricity and
ash.

The waste is dried and burnt to
produce energy and the water from the
waste is treated until it is healthy and
safe to drink. As Gates described it, “I
watched the piles of feces go up the
conveyor belt and drop into a large
bin…I took a long taste of the end
result: a glass of delicious drinking
water.”
He claimed it was as good as any
water he had tasted from a bottle and
said that after he learned about the
engineering involved, he would drink it
every day.
“It’s that safe.” He remarks.
Bill Gates has been advocating a
redesign of the toilet since 2011 to
include a function to turn the waste in
to fertilizer or fuel and remove the
piped in water to remove the health
hazards that occur in the developing
world including water contamination.
Indeed, 700,000 children die every
year due to lack of clean drinking water
and nearly 2 billion people are exposed
to these health hazards.
The Omniprocessor is currently being
used as a pilot project in Senegal but
Gates would like to see it spread
further. It would energy problems and
save lives.
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