Patent ID: 8734646

Claim:
An apparatus for converting urine into potable water, comprising: a urine reactants tank having an inlet at a first end, an outlet at a second end, a top, and a bottom, said inlet being positioned beneath said top and higher than said outlet, said urine reactants tank further including first, second, and third baffles, each having a top end and a bottom end, said top end of said first baffle being lower than said top of said urine reactants tank and above said outlet, and said bottom end of said first baffle being above said bottom of said urine reactants tank, and said top end of said second baffle being lower than said outlet and said bottom end of said second baffle being at said bottom of said urine reactants tank, and said top end of said third baffles being beneath said top of said urine reactants tank and above said outlet, and said bottom end of said third baffle being above said bottom of said urine reactants tank, said baffles thereby forming a plurality of connected chambers within said urine reactants tank, a first of said chambers being formed between said first end of said urine reactants tank and said first baffle, a second of said chambers comprising first and second contiguous sections, said first section of said second chamber being formed between said first baffle and said second baffle, said second section of said second chamber being formed between said second baffle and said third baffle, and a seed that contains organisms in said first and said second chambers in said urine reactants tank, said organisms being selected from the group consisting of algae, yeast, and microorganisms, whereby when said urine is introduced into said first of said chambers in said urine reactants tank, said organisms of said seed will extract nutrients from said urine as said urine flows from said first chamber, beneath said first baffle and into said first section of said second chamber, over said second baffle and into said second section of said second chamber, downward beneath said third baffle and into said third chamber, so that said urine flows upward and downward through said organisms, thereby removing waste products from said urine and converting said urine into potable water that flows into said third chamber and leaves said third chamber and said urine reactants tank via said outlet.