SBIR/STTR Research Award
Warfighter Hydration- Individual Purifier (WHIP) Water Treatment System
Award amount
$149,956Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2015Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Recipient company
- Zeteo Tech, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2015-06-04
- Contract end date
- 2016-04-03
- UEI
- Q5CRCJW547Z6
- Solicitation number
- 2015.1
- Topic code
- SB151-002
Research abstract
A new and innovative approach to individual water purification is needed that incorporates: a) an RO Membrane technology that allows much higher flow rate for a given size and weight of membrane; b) an improved pumps that allows 10X higher flow rate relative to products on the market today; c) improved pre-filters for found waters with very high suspended solids and d) an improved water polishing technology. A lightweight energy storage capability that can drive the pump would also be of value. Zeteo Tech LLC and Aqua Membranes, LLC have teamed to develop the Warfighter Hydration -Individual Purifier (WHIP) that will deliver the needed innovation. Our solution integrates a high-flow pump to efficiently pump water through a high-flow RO membrane. It includes an improved pre-filter. WHIP will further include water polishing that encourages hydration by the warfighter. Finally, a 1 ppm dose of residual chlorine will provide on-going protection from disease causing pathogens.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Modular Aerosol Sampler for Microsensors
- High Mass MALDI TOF Employing a Novel High-Tc Superconducting Ion Detector
- Modular Aerosol Sampler for Microsensors
- Multiplexed Biothreat Detection with Fieldable Mass Spectrometry
- Miniature TOF Mass Spectrometer with Enhanced Resolution
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Low power water purification and desalination system
- Lightweight, Man-Portable, Low-Power Individual Water Purification System
- Individual Water Ready Device
- Low power water purification and desalination system
Research funding history
25 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2014–2025). Reported award amounts total $13,424,641. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Transportation, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Commerce