The news is everywhere that the consumable water resources of this planet are on a serious decline. The efforts are being focused on how to conserve this precious resource of nature around the globe. Out of all the efforts taken, the reuse or recycling of the wastewater are the most phenomenal. To reuse the wastewater various methods are being adopted around the globe and out of these methods many are done on commercial basis, and come with a heavy price tag attached to them. At Lamar University, as part of our Green Chemistry Initiative we have worked with various low cost, readily available, low-tech waste materials to remove metal ions from water. These waste materials often comprise of sawdust or crab shells. In this study we will show a different method of purifying wastewater using solar distillation technique. In this poster we plan to show the methodology, objective, equipment and results obtained from the experiment. We would also show the adaptability of this method in remote places where not many options are available, specially the under-developed countries.