Portable pathogen deactivation method and apparatus

A method for deactivating water-borne pathogens in drinking water, comprising:

• placing 50 mL of distilled water and AgNO3 in a receptacle;
• adding 18 g of spherical zeolite particles to the receptacle, the zeolite particles having a diameter of 4.75 mm, a pore size of 10 angstroms, and a density of 689 grams per liter (43 pounds per cubic foot);
• letting the receptacle sit for no more than 60 minutes to obtain treated zeolite particles;
• removing the treated zeolite particles from the receptacle;
• allowing the resulting quantity of treated zeolite particles to dry;
• retaining the resulting quantity of the treated zeolite particles in a perforated cylindrical canister;
• obtaining a drink container with no more than 500 mL of drinking water, the drinking water contaminated with between 3,100 to 10,000 Colony Forming Counts (CFU) of E.coli per 100 mL;
• disposing the perforated cylinder canister within the drink container and stirring for no more than 30 seconds,
• thereby allowing the drinking water to flow through the perforated cylinder and thus around the treated zeolite particles, to deactivate the E.coli without filtering the E.coli from the drinking water;
• removing the perforated cylindrical canister from the drink container in no more than 30 seconds;
• and
• further resulting in deactivation of at least 99.9% of the E.coli in no more than 30 seconds.