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Scientists invent powdered water; just add water!

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Rowins nearly four years
and millions of dollars

in research funding, a team

of chemical engineers from

the University of Toronto
excitedly announced their

latest innovation this Monday:
powdered water.

Speaking amid expressions
of disbelief upon the faces of
fellow scientists and engineers
at the International Water
Conservation Conference in
Budapest, the research team
detailed their revolutionary
discovery, which has been
dubbed “hydro-powderization.”

“Basically, we’ve managed
to invent a chemical process that
extracts about 99.9% per cent of
the wetness out of water, leaving
behind a white powder that
strongly resembles cocaine,”
explained research lead Dr.
Herbert Miller.

“One litre of water yields
approximately 0.5 kilograms
of a substance that looks pretty
much like your average-quality
Columbian blow,” Dr. Miller
continued, the excitement in
voice clearly audible. “But here’s
the kicker: it’s actually just

 

 

water. Powdered water.”

According to experimental
data from the group’s research,
the “hydro-powderization”
process is also fully reversible.
In order to reconstitute the
powder to its original form,
simply add water.

“When you're thirsty for
some powdered water, just put
about two standard tablespoons
of powder into a glass and fill
up the rest with water—whether
it be from a bottle, or the tap or
a nearby stream, any water will
do—and voila, safe, drinkable
powdered water,” proclaimed
Dr. Miller.

During question period, a
few scientists in the audience
inquired into the specific
chemical process used to obtain
powdered water. Smiling,

Dr. Miller replied, “it’s very
complicated,” before pulling
up aslide featuring a large
flowchart detailing thousands
of complicated chemical names
and processes. “Don’t worry
too much about the details,” he
stressed.

The research team
concluded their presentation by
highlighting several applications
that are already being
considered for powdered water.

“We're currently looking

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into developing small,
individual packages of
powdered water that can be
air-dropped to communities

in drought-stricken areas,

a process that simply isn’t
feasible with liquid water,”
implored Dr. Miller. “We could
effectively negate the impacts
of widespread drought in
impoverished communities, as
early as 2020. And that’s just the
beginning.”

The research team also
confirmed that powdered
water is currently undergoing
preliminary military testing,
as part of survival kits issued
to personnel operating in
extreme environments. Early
trials have concluded that the
powder can be reconstituted
with urine, but the resulting
water acquires a yellowish tint
and tastes strongly of human
urine. Despite this and other
minor setbacks, Dr. Miller and
his team are confident that their
invention will revolutionize
drinking water.

“Whenever people
question the future prospects
of powdered water, I just
look at them and say, ‘how
could it not succeed?’ It has
literally thousands of useful
applications!”

   
 

 

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