As some of you may know, the water in India is not safe to drink, from the tap that is.
The people here are used to it, although it can still tend to upset their health too.
The rule is at restaurants, we get ONLY bottled water that is sealed.

But Dad and I also have this cool gadget that we picked up from the immunizations clinic in Denver. It is called a SteriPen, and what it is is it's a UV ray "pen" that shines ultraviolet light into the contaminated water that you swirl around in the water to kill all the unwanted bacteria until the light turns off and the green light on the handle blinks to tell you that your water is safe to drink!

We've been using it ever since we got to India, actually when we first arrived at our first hotel!
It's been working great for us! Neither of us have gotten sick from the water so far, so it seems to be doing its job!

Nifty little gadget, definitely would recommend getting one if you are traveling someplace where there is no safe water to drink!