IMR’s solution and contribution to the clean water crises facing much of the world is to provide water filtration and community education classes. First IMR deploys sawyer filter which are gravity driven and have the capacity to filter up to 1 billion gallons. The fiber membrane filters distributed by IMR are developed using dialysis technology — the hollow fiber membrane filter has tiny U-shaped microtubes with pores no larger than 0.1 micron. They filter harmful bacteria and contaminants such as protozoa or cysts like E. coli, giardia, Vibrio cholera and Salmonella typhoid, which cause Cholera and Typhoid. The filter uses gravity and can be attached to any bucket or bag. The extremely fast flow rate and compact size – it weighs just 3 ounces – allows families and members of a small community to filter water as they need it, eliminating the need for a large water storage system.

• In least developed countries, 22% of health care facilities have no water service, 21% no sanitation service, and 22% no waste management service
• Contaminated water can transmit diseases such diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid, and polio
• IMR water filters have already reduced water-borne illnesses by 75% in one village in Ecuador.