Water Filtration with Moringa Seeds
Earth Seed School: survival skills
1. Crush seeds to powder with stone/mortar.
2. Mix powder with a little clean water in cup.
3. Pour mixture through strainer/sieve into cup. Best to cover strainer with clean cloth.
4. Add the resulting milky fluid to the water you wish to purify.
5. Stir quickly for 30 seconds, then slowly and regularly for five minutes.
6. Cover the water and do not disturb for >1hr.
7. Pour/siphon clean water off top of the container.
50-150 mg ground seed treats ~1L water. Seed cake can be reused for filtration.
“‘...I read, water is supposed to seep up
through the sand with most of the salt filtered
out of it.’...I dug a little more. ‘Give it time,’ I said.
‘If the trick works, we ought to know about it. It
might save our lives someday.’”