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Statement of Work (SOW) Team Level Water Purification Testing Title

Team Level Water Purification Testing General This effort will include a comparative evaluation of two similar team level water purification devices, the MSR® Guardian™ Purifier and Icon LifeSaver® Liberty™ Purifier. Both team level purifiers could potentially provide clean drinking water for 2-4 soldiers using indigenous water source. A team level hand pump designed purifier would not require soldiers to store dirty water in their hydration bladders and offers up to 1000L purification capacity. This technology could enhance soldier lethality by reducing soldier load and increasing the duration of autonomous squad operations. This effort seeks to validate the ability of these devices to perform microbial clearance to the military specific, P248 purification standard. Included as attachments A and B are the purifier specific sting protocols.

Objectives

There are two objectives in evaluating these commercial water purifiers:

1. Evaluate microbial purification of new water purifiers. Three each of the MSR® Guardian™ Purifier and Icon LifeSaver® Liberty™ Purifier shall be evaluated to the attached PSTPs.

2. Evaluate the microbiological purification of physically challenged water purifiers. Three systems each of both water purifiers shall be evaluated to prescribed tests for freeze, drop and crushing. The systems evaluated for freeze, drop and crush, shall then be subjected to a modified version of the attached PSTPs. Those systems shall be assessed at two challenge points, 0% and 100% for microbiological purification

Deliverables Deliverables: One test report documenting the results of tests described above.

Government-Furnished Property

The government will furnish 12 each of the MSR® Guardian™ Purifier and Icon LifeSaver® Liberty™ Purifier.