A New Hampshire teen used sunlight to clean dirty water and caught the EPA’s attention
TIMESOFINDIA.COM / May 20, 2026, 16:56 (IST)
A young Indian-American teen, Deepika Kurup, revolutionized water purification with her solar-powered invention. While still in school, she developed a sustainable method using titanium and zinc oxides to kill bacteria in contaminated water, earning an EPA award. Her innovation, based on solar photocatalytic disinfection, offers a cost-effective solution for global water crises, proving scientific ingenuity can tackle real-world problems.